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easti:st(abbreviation E ) n [U]the direction from which the sun rises in the morning, opposite to the west, or the part of an area or country which is in this direction东;东方The points of the compass are North, South, East and West.指南针四大方位为: 北、南、东、西。Can you show me which way is east, please?哪边是东,请指给我看行吗?Most of the country, except the east, is rural.除了东部,国家的大部分地区都是乡村。Her home is in the east of France.她家在法国东部。According to the map, the village is/lies about 10km to the east of here.从地图上看,那个村庄在这儿的东面大约10公里处。The house has an east -facing terrace.这座房子有一个朝东的阳台。The East is Asia, esp. its eastern and southern parts.亚洲(尤指亚洲的东部及南部)She spent her childhood in the East--mostly in China and Japan.她在亚洲----主要是中国和日本----度过了童年。Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet (Rudyard Kipling in the poem The Ballad of East and West, 1892)“哦,东方是东方,西方是西方,两者永远合不到一块”(拉迪亚德·吉卜林的诗《东方和西方之歌》 ) Directions
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