northern
英['nɔːð(ə)n]
美['nɔrðɚn]
中文词源
northern 北部的north,北方，-ern,形容词后缀。
英文词源
- northern (adj.)
- Old English norþerna, norðerne "northern, Northumbrian, Scandinavian," cognate with Old High German nordroni, Old Norse norroenn (see north). With -erne, suffix denoting direction. Related: Northernmost. Northerner in U.S. geo-political sense is attested from 1831. Northern lights "aurora borealis" first recorded by that name 1721 (earlier north-light, 1706).
双语例句
- 1. The film takes no position on the politics of Northern Ireland.
- 这部电影未在北爱尔兰政治问题上选择站边。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.
- 这艘船停泊在离该半岛北部海岸不远的地方。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle.
- 这些事件表明北爱尔兰的和平仍然很脆弱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Prices at three-star hotels fell furthest in several northern cities.
- 3星级宾馆的住宿价格在几个北方城市降得最多。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Their two children were immigrants to Northern Ireland from Pennsylvania.
- 他们的两个孩子是从宾夕法尼亚州移民到北爱尔兰的。
来自柯林斯例句