| 单词 | leeward |
| 释义 | leewardMeteorology, Water lee·ward /ˈliːwəd, ˈluːəd $ -ərd/ adjectiveadj , adverb 1 HEMTTWthe leeward side of something is the side that is sheltered from the wind 背风的[地]，下风的[地] OPP windward We camped on the leeward side of the mountain. 我们在山上背风的一面扎营。 2 technicalTTW a leeward direction is the same direction as the wind is blowing 向下风方向的[地]，顺风的[地] OPP windward to leeward (=in a leeward direction) 顺风 The ship cruised slowly to leeward. 船慢慢地顺风航行。 Examples from the Corpus leeward side• We picnicked on the leeward side of a wall.• To my left, the leeward side of sixty-foot dunes rose like a wall alongside the road.• But it was on the leeward side of the house, and it had stood up to storms before.• The fishermen from the leeward side succeeded in wrestling to shore about two dozen of the whales every season. |
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