northeast /ˌnɔːθˈiːst/ CET4 TEM4

also north-east

• 1. 

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

  例：

  ...the warm waters of Salt Springs Island to the northeast.

  …流向东北方向的盐泉岛的温泉水。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  The northeast has been particularly hard hit..

  东北部受影响尤其严重。

• 3. 

  ADV If you go northeast, you travel toward the northeast. 向东北 [ADV after v]

  例：

  "We're going northeast," Paula told them, before they started.

  “我们将朝东北方向走，”葆拉在他们出发前告诉他们。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles northeast of the capital, Monrovia.

  最近这次袭击发生在凯里斯堡，首府蒙罗维亚东北方向20英里处。

• 5. 

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

  例：

  ...a climate like that of our northeast coast.

  …同我们东北部沿海气候相似的一种气候。