Old English norðwest (adv.);
from north + west. As a noun from late 14c. Related: Northwestern; northwesterly; northwestward. Northwest Passage first attested c. 1600.
双语例句
1. The address is 2025 M Street, Northwest, Washington, DC, 20036.
地址为华盛顿特区，西北区，M大街2025号，邮政编码20036。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Three people have been killed in a bomb explosion in northwest Spain.
在西班牙西北部的炸弹爆炸事件中，已有3人死亡。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Take the northwest road; it is the shortest way.
走向西北的那条路, 那是最近的路.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He was born in the northwest.
他出生于西北部.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Alexander carried his victorious arms into Northwest India.
