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单词 southward
释义
southward
adverb
uk
/ˈsaʊθ.wəd/us
/ˈsaʊθ.wɚd/
(alsosouthwards)
towards thesouth:
Therainmovedslowlysouthward.火车缓慢地向南开去。
Theydrovesouthwards towards thesea.他们向南朝大海方向开去。
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Points of the compass
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  • easternmost
  • geomagnetic pole
  • magnetic north
  • northeastern
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  • northerly
  • northern
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southward
adjective
uk
/ˈsaʊθ.wəd/us
/ˈsaʊθ.wɚd/
towards thesouth:
向南的
Wewalkedin a southwarddirection.我们向南走。
Compare
southbound
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Points of the compass
  • cardinal point
  • compass reading
  • compass rose
  • E, e
  • easterly
  • eastern
  • easternmost
  • geomagnetic pole
  • magnetic north
  • northeastern
  • northeastward
  • northerly
  • northern
  • northernmost
  • southeastern
  • southern
  • southwestern
  • true north
  • western
  • westernmost
See more results »
(Definition ofsouthwardfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

southward| American Dictionary

southward
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈsɑʊθ·wərd/
(alsosouthwards,us/ˈsɑʊð·wərdz/)
toward thesouth:
Theydrovesouthward toward theMexicanborder.
southward
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈsɑʊθ·wərd/
toward thesouth:
a southwarddirection
(Definition ofsouthwardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsouthward

southward
Progress southwards was complicated by silt in the water that impeded rowing, the ebb tide in the river, and the misty weather.
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He referred to migration southwards and migration from outside.
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Consideration of the extension of the route southwards is proceeding.
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Therefore, would he do all that he can to expedite construction of this next section southwards?
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He had therefore prolonged the outward journey farther than was wise, and in addition, the caribou began theirsouthwardmigration earlier than usual that year.
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Kinematically, it is possible that antithetic normal faults facingsouthwardcould be reworked by thrusts.
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Since the grave was usually orientated on an east-west axis, the face in both cases lookedsouthward.
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Just above the town, the river curves sharplysouthwardto pass within 2 km of the center's western edge.
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Moreover, both sequences young continuouslysouthwardwith no repetition or change of younging direction.
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Note thesouthwardprogression of magmatism and metamorphism possibly following asouthwardmigrating magmatic arc.
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Towards the north the folding is upright and broken by small-scale thrusting; in the south there is less thrusting and a more markedsouthwardvergence.
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Asouthwardextension or displacement of the northern zones of semiaridity and aridity would devastate those areas accustomed to regular, heavy rainfall.
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He also noticed that the stars one can see vary as one moves northward orsouthward.
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The significant changes in the zircon age signal reflect many hundreds of kilometres ofsouthwardmigration of the provenance.
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The outcrop is more elongate than the former and although originally oval in plan, has been disrupted as fault movements have causedsouthwarddisplacement of the western sector.
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