western

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country. 西部的[ADJ n]
...hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia. …來自西亞和中亞的手工地毯。
2. ADJ Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. 西方國家的 (指與北美、西歐、北歐、南歐各國相關的)
Mexico had the support of the big western governments. 墨西哥得到了西方大國政府的支持。
3. N-COUNT A western is a book or movie about life in the western United States and territories in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys. (有關19世紀美國西部的生活，尤指牛仔生活的) 西部小說; 西部影片
John Agar starred in westerns, war films and low-budget science fiction pictures. 約翰·阿加出縯過西部片、戰(zhàn)爭片和低投入的科幻片。

In the 1800s, thousands of homesteaders settled on the prairies of the western US.
The Rockies are a mountain range in the western USA.
In western Europe , a seven- to eight-hour working day is about the average .
The western edge of the desert is home to many rare species of plants .
He was an officer on the western front .

The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society .
His work explores the influence of Chinese philosophy on western thought .
Western culture is viewed with suspicion in parts of Asia .
Parts of the country are beginning to embrace western culture .
He argued that many western values were antithetical to the teachings of Islam .