(一般作the north)
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- the direction in which a compass needle normally points, towards the horizon on the left-hand side of a person facing east, or the part of the horizon lying in this direction北, 北方：
a bitter wind blew from the north
从北方吹来的寒风
Mount Kenya is to the north of Nairobi.
肯尼亚山位于内罗毕以北。
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- the compass point corresponding to this（指南针的）北点。
1.2
- a direction in space parallel to the earth's axis of rotation and towards the point on the celestial sphere around which the stars appear to turn anticlockwise（地球自转轴的）北端。
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- the northern part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town（世界、国家、地区或城市的）北部：
there will be heavy wintry showers, particularly in the north.
将会有寒冷的大阵雨, 尤其在北部。
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- （一般作the North）the northern part of England英格兰北部。
2.2
- （一般作the North）the NE states of the United States, especially those opposed to slavery during the Civil War（尤指南北战争中反对奴隶制度的）美国东北部诸州。
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- （一般作the North）the industrialized and economically advanced nations of the world（世界上工业和经济发达的）北方发达国家。
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North
as name Bridge the player occupying a designated position at the table, sitting opposite and partnering South【桥牌】北家。
attrib.
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- lying towards, near, or facing the north北面的; 朝北的：
the north bank of the river
河的北岸
the north door.
北门。
1.1
- (of a wind) blowing from the north（风）北方吹来的。
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- of or denoting the northern part of a specified area, city, or country or its inhabitants（地区、城市、国家或其居民）（在）北部的：
North Wales
北威尔士
North African.
北非的。
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- to or towards the north向北地; 往北地：
the town is twenty-five miles north of Newport
那座城市在新港以北25英里处
a north-facing wall.
一道朝北的墙。
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north of
above (a particular amount, cost, etc.)大于：they expect to spend north of $6 million for this latest campaign.
他们预计要为这场最新的运动花费600多万美元。
短语
north by east（或west）
- between north and north-north-east (or north-north-west)北偏东（或偏西）。
up north
- informal to or in the north of a country, especially England〈非正式〉（尤指英格兰）在北方：
he's taken a teaching job up north.
他在北方干上了教书工作。
词源
Old English， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noord and German nord.