northern
英 ['n??e(?)n]
美['n?re?n]
- adj. 北部的；北方的
- n. 北部方言
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中文詞源
northern 北部的
north,北方，-ern,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- northern (adj.)
- Old English norterna, noreerne "northern, Northumbrian, Scandinavian," cognate with Old High German nordroni, Old Norse norroenn (see north). With -erne, suffix denoting direction. Related: Northernmost. Northerner in U.S. geo-political sense is attested from 1831. Northern lights "aurora borealis" first recorded by that name 1721 (earlier north-light, 1706).
雙語例句
- 1. The film takes no position on the politics of Northern Ireland.
- 這部電影未在北愛爾蘭政治問題上選擇站邊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.
- 這艘船停泊在離該半島北部海岸不遠(yuǎn)的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle.
- 這些事件表明北愛爾蘭的和平仍然很脆弱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Prices at three-star hotels fell furthest in several northern cities.
- 3星級賓館的住宿價(jià)格在幾個(gè)北方城市降得最多。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Their two children were immigrants to Northern Ireland from Pennsylvania.
- 他們的兩個(gè)孩子是從賓夕法尼亞州移民到北愛爾蘭的。
來自柯林斯例句