(一般作the west)
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- the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north, or the part of the horizon lying in this direction西; 西方：
the evening sun glowed from the west
傍晚的太阳在西边闪耀出红红的光
a patrol aimed to create a diversion to the west of the city.
为吸引敌方到城市西边而进行的巡逻。
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- the compass point corresponding to this（罗经方位点）西。
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- the western part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town西部（指世界或某个国家、地区或城镇的西部地区）：
it will become windy in the west.
西部将刮风。
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- （一般作the West）Europe and its culture seen in contrast to other civilizations西方（指欧洲及其文化, 与其他文明相对）。
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- （一般作the West）historical the non-Communist states of Europe and North America, contrasted with the former Communist states of eastern Europe〈史〉西方（国家）（与东欧前共产主义国家相对的欧洲和北美洲的非共产主义国家）。
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- （一般作the West）the western part of the United States, especially the states west of the Mississippi（美国）西部（尤指密西西比河以西诸州）。
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- as name
West
Bridge the player sitting to the right of North and partnering East【桥牌】坐在西首位置的人。
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- attrib. lying towards, near, or facing the west西的, 西方的, 西部的; 在西的; 向西的; 面朝西的：
the west coast.
西部海岸。
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- (of a wind) blowing from the west（风）从西面来的。
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- of or denoting the western part of a specified area, city, or country or its inhabitants（有关）西部的：
West Africa.
西非。
- to or towards the west向西方：
he faced west and watched the sunset
他面向西方观看日落
the accident happened a mile west of Bowes.
事故发生在鲍厄斯以西一英里处。
短语
go west
- Brit. informal be killed or lost; meet with disaster〈英, 非正式〉被杀死, 上西天; 遇到灾难。
词源
Old English， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper 'evening'.