westerly

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
• Syn:
prevailing westerly
• Hypernyms:
west wind, wester

II - adjective

1. of wind;
from the west
• Syn:
western
• Similar to:
west
• Derivationally related forms:
wester
2. moving toward the west
- westbound pioneers
• Syn:
westbound, westward
• Similar to:
west

III - adverb

1. toward the west (Freq. 1)
- "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
• Derived from adjective:
west
2. from the west
- the wind blew westerly
• Ant:
easterly
• Derived from adjective:
west

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  westbound, westward, western, prevailing westerly