northeast

1. N-UNCOUNT The northeast is the direction which is halfway between north and east. 東北方[also 'the' N]

...the warm waters of Salt Springs Island to the northeast. …流向東北方向的鹽泉島的溫泉水。

2. N-SING The northeast of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the northeast. 東北部

The northeast has been particularly hard hit.. 東北部受影響尤其嚴(yán)重。

3. ADV If you go northeast, you travel toward the northeast. 向東北[ADV after v]

"We're going northeast," Paula told them, before they started. “我們將朝東北方向走，”葆拉在他們出發(fā)前告訴他們。

4. ADV Something that is northeast of a place is positioned to the northeast of it. 在…東北[ADV 'of' n]

This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles northeast of the capital, Monrovia. 最近這次襲擊發(fā)生在凱里斯堡，首府蒙羅維亞東北方向20英里處。

5. ADJ The northeast edge, corner, or part of a place is the part which is toward the northeast. 東北部的[ADJ n]

...a climate like that of our northeast coast. …同我們東北部沿海氣候相似的一種氣候。