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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

north [nɔːθ]
  1. 1. noun [u/s] 北方
  2. 2. adjective 北部的
  3. 3. adverb 向北方
    the north of France
    法国北部
    to the north
    以北
    the north wind
    北风
    north of
    ...以北
    It's 15 miles or so north of Oxford.
    在牛津以北15英里左右。

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

north [nɔrθ] [nɔːθ]
  1. 1. noun 北
    I would like to have a north-facing apartment.
    我想要一间朝北的公寓。
  2. 2. noun 北方
  3. 3. noun 北部地区
    It is colder in the north.
    北方的气候更加寒冷。
  4. 4. noun 地球的北部（尤指北极地区）
  5. 5. adjective 北的；北方的
    She lives in the north part of the city.
    她住在城北。
  6. 6. adjective 来自北方的
    a north wind
    北风
  7. 7. adjective [North]（一洲、一国）北方的
    North Africa
    北非
    He is from north China, and she is from south.
    他来自中国北方，而她则来自南方。
    Monterrey lies to the north Mexico.
    蒙特雷位于墨西哥的北部。
  8. 8. adverb 向北方；在北方

Collins English-English Dictionary

north [nɔːθ]
  1. 1. n one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 0° or 360°, that is 90° from east and west and 180° from south
  2. 2. adv Symbol N
  3. 3. n the direction along a meridian towards the North Pole
  4. 4. n the direction in which a compass needle points; magnetic north
  5. 5. n [cards] [usually capital] the player or position at the table corresponding to north on the compass
  6. 6. adj situated in, moving towards, or facing the north
  7. 7. adj (esp of the wind) from the north
  8. 8. adv in, to, or towards the north
  9. 9. adv [archaic] (of the wind) from the north
  10. 10. adv [Etymology] Old English; related to Old Norse northr, Dutch noord, Old High German nord
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Examples

NATO 是英文 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 的缩写。
NATO is the abbreviation for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. → 缩写
north by west
北偏西 → by
The explorers dared the dangers of the ice north.
探险者们敢冒北方冰天雪地的危险。 → dare
North Frigid Zone
北寒带 → Frigid Zone
The wind held from the north.
风连续不断地从北边刮来。 → hold
a north wind
北风 → north
North Africa
北非 → north
true north
真北 → true
North Frisian Islands
北弗里西亚群岛，被联邦德国和丹麦划分 → Frisian Islands
a ship at forty degrees north latitude
在北纬四十度线上的船 → latitude
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