western 中文

[-ɛstə(r)n]

形西方的

Definition of western in English Dictionary

名词 (Noun)PLwesternsSUF-ern
1. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).
形容词 (Adjective)
1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
  1. Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
更多范例
1. 用于句中
  - A somewhat popular myth about the Whiskey Rebellion is that Washington personally led the troops into western Pennsylvania and squashed the rebellion.
  - The yardgrass (Eleusine indica) has similarly spread along roadside verges in western Africa and other tropical regions.
  - It would suit me very well,” he tells her, “if, at this point, I could easternize your Western eyes, your Western heart.”
2. 用于句尾
  - "A Fistful of Dollars" and "Once Upon a Time in the West" are famous spaghetti westerns.