west
noun/west/
/west/
[uncountable, singular] (abbreviation W)
enlarge imageusually the westthe direction that you look towards to see the sun go down; one of the four main points of the compass西；西方 - Which way is west?
哪边是西？ - Rain is spreading from the west.
雨正从西边袭来。 - to the west (of…) He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.
他住在这个城镇以西的地方。 - The train line facilitates travel between east and west.
火车线路方便了东西方之间的旅行。
- Which way is west?
- the west, the Westthe western part of a country, region or city
（国家、地区或城市的）西部 - The west of the country is especially popular with tourists.
这个国家的西部尤其受游客欢迎。 - Around 2 000 teachers from around the West of England attended the conference.
来自英格兰西部各地的约 2000 名教师参加了这次会议。 - in the west Elsewhere in the West, wet, unsettled weather will continue until the weekend.
西部其他地区潮湿多变的天气将持续到本周末。 - House prices in the west have risen significantly over the last five years.
过去五年来，西部地区的房价大幅上涨。 - There's been a severe earthquake in the west of the country.
该国西部发生了严重地震。
- The west of the country is especially popular with tourists.
- the WestEurope and North America, contrasted with other parts of the world
西方，西方国家（指欧洲和北美，与世界其他地区相对） - I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
我出生在日本，但已在西方居住了一些年了。
- I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
- the West(North American English) the western side of the US
美国西部 - the history of the American West
美国西部的历史
- the history of the American West
- the West(in the past) Western Europe and North America, when contrasted with the Communist countries of Eastern Europe
（与共产党执政的东欧国家相对应的）西方国家，西欧及北美 - East–West relations
东西方关系
- East–West relations
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper ‘evening’.