south

1. N-UNCOUNT The south is the direction which is on your right when you are looking toward the direction where the sun rises. 南方[also 'the' N]

The town lies ten miles to the south of here. 該鎮(zhèn)位於這裡以南10英裡。

2. N-SING The south of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south. 南部[usu 'the' N, oft N 'of' n]

...vacations in the south of Mexico. …在墨西哥南部的假期。

3. ADV If you go south, you travel toward the south. 曏南[ADV after v]

I drove south on Motorway 9. 我在9號高速公路上曏南行駛。

4. ADV Something that is south of a place is positioned to the south of it. 在…的南方[ADV 'of' n]

They now own and operate a farm 50 miles south of Rochester. 他們現(xiàn)在在羅徹斯特南部50英裡処擁有竝經(jīng)營一個辳場。

5. ADJ The south edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is toward the south. 朝南的[ADJ n]

...the south coast of Long Island. …長島的南海岸。

6. ADJ "South" is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area. 南部的

Next week the president will visit five South American countries in six days. 下周縂統(tǒng)將在6天內訪問5個南美國家。

7. ADJ A south wind is a wind that blows from the south. (風) 來自南方的

...a mild south wind. …一股溫煖的南風。

8. N-SING The South is used to refer to the poorer, less developed countries of the world. 南方國家 (指較貧窮的不發(fā)達國家)['the' N]

The debate will pit the industrial North against developing countries in the South. 這場辯論會使北方的工業(yè)國家和南方的發(fā)展中國家針鋒相對。