Hamlet: I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
哈姆雷特:天上刮西北风的时候,我才发疯;风从南方吹过来的时候,我不会把一只老鹰当作一只苍蝇。
2
He began his third trip in 17. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America.
17岁的时候,他开始了他的第三次旅行。这一次,他去了北太平洋,并绘制了北美西海岸的地图。
3
Global warming is opening summer sea lanes through the ice, along the north-west passage sought by Martin Frobisher and the North-East one sought by Hugh Willoughby.