West

(noun.) a location in the western part of a country, region, or city.

(noun.) the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America.

(noun.) the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River.

(noun.) English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820).

(noun.) United States film actress (1892-1980).

(noun.) British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983).

(noun.) the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees.

(noun.) the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point.

(adj.) situated in or facing or moving toward the west .

(adv.) to, toward, or in the west; 'we moved west to Arizona'; 'situated west of Boston'.

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• About a mile west from where I had been stopping a road comes up from the southeast, joining that from La Grange to Memphis. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• North and west, the emperor's hands were full. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• From Raymond there is a direct road to Edward's station, some three miles west of Champion's Hill. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I love to hear my uncle talk of the West Indies. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Tuscaloosa, Montgomery and West Point fell in quick succession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Asking the operator the best direction, he pointed west, and noticing a rabbit in a clear space in the sage bushes, I said, 'There is one now. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was the great strategic position at the West between the Tennessee and the Mississippi rivers and between Nashville and Vicksburg. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The need for labour upon the plantations of the West Indies and the south was imperative. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The wind shifts to the weSt. Peace, peace, Banshee--keening at every window! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The sun had now got far to the west of south and stood directly in her face, like some merciless incendiary, brand in hand, waiting to consume her. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He lived at the house of Benjamin West, and painted, and his portraits were shown at the Royal Academy and at the Society of Artists. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Was there any chance of his being hereafter useful to Sir Thomas in the concerns of his West Indian property? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I should speak of foreign dancers, and the West End of London, and May Fair, and lords and ladies and honourables. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• West Virginia was in our hands; and that part of old Virginia north of the Rapidan and east of the Blue Ridge we also held. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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