eastward

英 [ˈiːstwəd]

美 [ˈiːstwərd]

adj.  朝东的; 向东方的
adv.  向东; 朝东方
n.  东方，东部

CET6

BNC.19716 / COCA.14236

柯林斯词典

• ADV 向东地;朝东地
  Eastwardoreastwardsmeans towards the east.
  1. A powerful snow storm is moving eastward...
     一场强暴风雪正在东移。
  2. They were pressing on eastwards towards the city's small airfield.
     他们继续向东朝该市的小机场推进。
  3. Eastwardis also an adjective.
     
  4. ...the eastward expansion of the City of London.
     伦敦城向东的扩展

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
  Synonym:eastdue eastE

adj

• moving toward the east
  1. eastbound trains
  Synonym:eastbound

adv

• toward the east
  1. they migrated eastward to Sweden
  Synonym:eastwards

双语例句

• The crowd is heading eastward, believing that they can find gold there.
  人群正在向东移去，他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。
• The Union Pacific Railroad started building westward from Omaha while the central Pacific railroad built eastward from Sacramento.
  当时，联合太平洋铁路公司（UnionPacificRailroad）开始从奥马哈向西修建铁路，而中央太平洋铁路公司（CentralPacificRailroad）则从萨克拉门托向东修建铁路。
• A powerful snow storm is moving eastward
  一场强暴风雪正在东移。
• Only Russia had any freedom to expand eastward.
  只有俄国能够自由地向东拓宽。
• If I lose the glare of Havana we must be going more to the eastward, he thought.
  如果我就此看不见哈瓦那炫目的灯光，我们一定是到了更东的地方，他想。
• We began our eastward journey at dawn.
  黎明时分我们开始了向东的旅程。
• Desert land stretches eastward across Arabia into Central Asia.
  沙漠地带向东延伸经阿拉伯而至中亚。
• Thence the trains eastward run frequently to Chicago and New York.
  那里的火车线路很多，四通八达，往来频繁，可以到芝加哥和纽约。
• It provided the only access westward for the Chinese Empire and eastward for western nationalities.
  它提供的唯一通道向西的中华帝国，并向东西方国家。
• We are traveling eastward.
  我们在朝东旅行。