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🔑 southBrE /saʊθ/NAmE /saʊθ/ noun [U, sing.] (abbreviation S, So.) 🔑 (usually the south) the direction that is on your right when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass 南;南方◆Which way is south? 哪边是南?◆warmer weather coming from the south 从南方来的渐暖天气◆He lives to the south of (= further south than) the city. 他住在城外南边。 ➡ compare east noun, north noun, west noun 🔑 the south , the South the southern part of a country, a region or the world 南方;南部◆birds flying to the south for the winter 飞往南方过冬的鸟◆They bought a villa in the South of France. 他们在法国南部买了一座别墅。◆Houses are less expensive in the North than in the South (= of England). (英格兰)北方的房子比南方便宜。the South the southern states of the US 美国南方各州;美国南方 ➡ see also Deep South the South the poorer countries in the southern half of the world (南半球的)发展中国家 🔑 southBrE /saʊθ/NAmE /saʊθ/ adjective (abbreviation S, So.) [only before noun] 🔑 in or towards the south 南方的;向南的;南部的◆South Wales 南威尔士◆They live on the south coast. 他们住在南海岸。🔑 a south wind blows from the south 南风的;南方吹来的 ➡ compare southerly adjective 🔑 southBrE /saʊθ/NAmE /saʊθ/ adverb🔑 towards the south 向南;朝南◆This room faces south. 这间房朝南。~ of sthnearer to the south than sth …以南;在…之南◆They live ten miles south of Bristol. 他们居住在布里斯托尔以南十英里的地方。~ of sth(informal, NAmE or finance 金融) less or lower than sth 少于;低于◆The drug is achieving revenues just south of $1 billion per quarter. 药品每个季度的收益仅略低于 10 亿美元。 OPP north ●down ˈsouth(informal) to or in the south, especially of England (尤指英格兰)往南方,在南方◆They've gone to live down south. 他们到南方去住了。 |