southeast /ˌsaʊθˈiːst/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT The southeast is the direction which is halfway between south and east. 东南 [also 'the' N]

  例：

  It shook buildings as far away as Galveston, 90 miles to the southeast.

  它震动了东南方向90英里远的加尔维斯顿的建筑物。

• 2. 

  N-SING The southeast of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the southeast. 东南部

  例：

  Record levels of rainfall fell over the southeast of the country.

  该国东南部降下了最高纪录的雨量。

• 3. 

  ADV If you go southeast, you travel toward the southeast. 朝东南方向 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I know we have to go southeast, more or less.

  我知道我们大概得往东南方向走。

• 4. 

  ADV Something that is southeast of a place is positioned to the south-east of it. 在东南方 [ADV 'of' n]

  例：

  ...a vessel that is believed to have sunk 500 miles southeast of Nova Scotia.

  …据说在诺瓦斯科西亚东南方500英里处沉没的一艘船。

• 5. 

  ADJ The southeast part of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southeast. 东南部的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...rural southeast Kansas.

  …堪萨斯东南部的农村。

  例：

  ...Southeast Asia.

  …东南亚。

• 6. 

  ADJ A southeast wind is a wind that blows from the southeast. (风) 来自东南方的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Thick clothes keeping the chill southeast wind from freezing his bones.

  厚衣服让他不被寒冷的东南风给冻着了。