westerly

英 [ˈwestəli]

美 [ˈwestərli]

adj.  西方的; 向西的; 西部的; 从西方吹来的
n.  西风

复数：westerlies　

BNC.20807 / COCA.25979

牛津词典

adj.

• 西方的；向西的；西部的
  in or towards the west
  1. travelling in a westerly direction
     向西行进
• 从西方吹来的
  blowing from the west
  1. westerly gales
     从西面刮来的大风

noun

• 西风
  a wind that blows from the west
  1. light westerlies
     微微的西风

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 西部的;向西的
  Awesterlypoint, area, or direction is to the west or towards the west.
  1. ...Finisterre, Spain's most westerly point...
     坐落在西班牙最西端的菲尼斯特雷
  2. They set out in a westerly direction along the riverbank.
     他们沿着河岸向西出发了。
• ADJ (风)从西方吹来的
  Awesterlywind blows from the west.
  1. ...a prevailing westerly wind.
     盛行西风

双语例句

• During the monsoon onset period, the westerly jet becomes weaker due to its moving away from Gaize to the north.
  季风爆发阶段西风急流逐渐离开改则地区并向高原北部移动，在该地区表现为减弱。
• Numerical Experiment of Effects of the Upper level Westerly Jet on a Torrential Rain over the Middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River
  高空西风急流对长江中下游暴雨影响的数值试验
• They set out in a westerly direction along the riverbank.
  他们沿着河岸向西出发了。
• Whenever the weather forecast predicts northerly winds, the winds are westerly in my place. why?
  为什么天气预报说吹北风时，我居住地方的风向却是西风？
• Under conditions of easterly flow, therefore, or very large westerly flow no vertical propagation will occur.
  所以在东向气流或很大的西向气流的情况下，将不发生垂直传播。
• Mid-latitude westerly winds have generally increased in both hemispheres.
  南北半球中纬度的西风普遍增强。
• The prevailing westerly winds gave the battle advantage to the English admirals.
  盛行的西风助了英国海军将领们的一臂之力。
• The downward momentum transportation produced by the high-altitude westerly jet with the suitable vertical circulation is the main reason of the strong gale beyond general cold.
  高空西风急流配合适合的垂直环流，产生动量下传，是超出一般强度的冷空气大风产生的原因；
• Highresolution data from numerical model simulation are used to study the ageostrophic characteristics of shortterm process of East Asian subtropical westerly jet in summer.
  利用数值模式的高分辨率模拟结果研究了夏季东亚副热带西风急流短期强度变化过程中的非地转平衡特征。
• By contrast, the more westerly Fed banks were a little more optimistic, with Minneapolis, Dallas and San Francisco all reporting "moderate" or "modest" growth.
  相比之下，西部的储备银行更乐观一些，明尼阿波利斯、达拉斯和旧金山储备银行全都报告了“一般”或“小幅”的增长。