【north音标】 英[nɔ:θ] 美[nɔ:rθ]
【单词释义】 north是什么意思：
n.[U]北方；北部；（美国南北战争时与南方作战的）北部各州；北方发达国家（尤指欧洲和北美各国）
adj.北方的；北部的；朝北的；（风，光线）来自北方的
adv.在北方；自北地；向北方
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【关联词/派生词】
northeast n.[U]东北，东北方向 adj.在东北的；东北部的
northern adj.北方的，北部的
northwest n.[U]西北，西北方向；西北部 adj.在西北的；西北部的 adv.自西北地
northward adv.向北方 adj. 向北的 n.北方，北部地区
northwestern adj. 来自西北的；西北方的；在西北部的
northeastern adj. 在东北的；东北方的；来自东北的
northwards adv. 向北；朝北
【north形近词/近似词】
forth adv.向前，向前方；往外的
fourth num.第四
worth adj.值得的；有…的价值
【单词例句】
◇ To avoid the Customs’ punishment, they hid in a small ferry called the North Pole Seagull, sitting back to back without sleeping, showering and shaving for 3 days, and had no chance to mourn their lost luggage when landing. The hardship of this crossing was apparent.
为了避开海关的惩处，他们躲在一艘叫“北极海鸥”的渡轮里，背靠背坐着，整整3天没有睡觉、洗澡和刮胡子，上岸的时候也没有机会心痛他们丢失的行李，这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ The name Holland only refers to two of the country's 12 provinces, North-Holland, where Amsterdam is located, and South-Holland, the home of Rotterdam and The Hague. However, the nickname is often used to describe the entire country, officially called the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
“荷兰”这个名字仅指该国12个省中的两个省，即阿姆斯特丹所在的“北荷兰省”，以及鹿特丹和海牙所在的“南荷兰省”。 然而，这一名称却经常被用来代指整个国家。荷兰的官方全称为尼德兰王国。
---- Netherlands doesn't want you to call it Holland anymore
◇ While university appears to be the older of the two terms, dating as far back as the 13th century, schools and students in North America have embraced college to describe most places of higher learning.
尽管university这个词汇在这两者中历史更悠久，早在13世纪就产生了，但北美的学校和学生却主要用college来指代大多数高校。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ Around the same time England adopted autumn, the first-ever British American colonists were voyaging to North America.
大约在英格兰人采用autumn来指代秋天的同一时间，第一批去美国的英国殖民者开始漂洋过海到了北美。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ Now, visitors to the South Rim alone may number 18,000 in a single day. Some of that number will travel by mule train down Bright Angel Trail to the canyon's floor, cross the raging river by a suspension bridge and amount to the North Rim.
现在，每天来大峡谷南缘观光的游客大概有18000名，其中有的会乘坐小型电动机车沿着"光明天使小道"来到谷底，穿过波涛汹涌的河道上方的吊桥，然后到达北缘。
---- The Grand Canyon