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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- southern ['s^ðən]
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1.
adj
situated in or towards the south
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2.
adj
(of a wind, etc) coming from the south
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3.
adj
native to, inhabiting, or growing in the south
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4.
adj
[sometimes capital]
[astronomy]
south of the celestial equator
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1.
adj
situated in or towards the south
Examples
- Southern accent
- 美国南部口音 → accent
- the balmy southern sky
- 温和的南方气候 → sky
- Many people are killed each year from natural disasters in Southern China.
- 在中国南方，每年都有很多人会被自然灾害夺去生命。 → kill
- The weather in the southern part of China is wet and humid.
- 中国南方的气候多雨、潮湿。 → southern
- The Green party is very strong in the southern part of the country.
- 绿党在该国南部很有势力。 → party
- Storms knock out power, but don't cool off southern Asia.
- 暴风雨突然来袭，但没有给南亚天气带来凉意。
- He lives in a beautiful corner of southern Spain.
- 他住在西班牙美丽的南隅。
- the northern/southern hemisphere
- 北/南半球 → hemisphere
- the southern hemisphere
- 南半球 → southern
- the Southern states
- 美国南部各州 → state
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