(一般作the east)
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- the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a person facing north, or the point on the horizon itself东; 东方：
a gale was blowing from the east
外面正刮着东风
the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Florida.
佛罗里达州以东的大西洋。
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- the compass point corresponding to this（罗盘上的）正东。
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- the eastern part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town（世界或某个国家、地区或城市的）东部：
a factory in the east of the city.
城市东部的一家工厂。
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- （一般作the East）the regions or countries lying to the east of Europe, especially China, Japan, and India东方国家, 亚洲国家, 东方（指欧洲以东的国家或地区, 尤指中国、日本和印度）：
the mysterious East.
神秘的东方。
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- （一般作the East）historical the former communist states of eastern Europe〈史〉前东欧共产主义国家。
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East
as name Bridge the player sitting to the left of North and partnering West【桥牌】坐在东首位置的人。
attrib.
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- lying towards, near, or facing the east朝东的; 近东的; 面朝东的：
the hospital's east wing.
医院的东翼。
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- (of a wind) blowing from the east（风）从东面吹来的。
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- situated in the part of a church containing the altar or high altar, usually the actual east在教堂设有圣坛的一端的（实际上的东端）。
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- of or denoting the eastern part of a specified area, city, or country or its inhabitants（特定的地区、城市、国家或其居民）东部的：
East Fife
法夫的东部
East African.
东非的。
- to or towards the east在东方; 向东方：
travelling east, he met two men
向东走, 他遇见了两个男人
the river rises east of Brentford.
这条河发源于布伦特福德之东。
词源
Old English ēast-, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oost and German ost, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin aurora, Greek auōs 'dawn'.