【western音标】 英[ˈwestən] 美[ˈwestərn]
【单词释义】 western是什么意思：
adj.西方的；西部的；欧美的
n.西部电影，西部小说；西方人
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] westerns
【关联词/派生词】
west n.[U]西，西部 adj.在西方的；西部的 adv.向西，朝西
westward adv.向西方
westwards adv.向西;朝西
【western形近词/近似词】
pattern n.模式；方式；花样；图案 v.模仿；以图案装饰；形成图案
eastern adj.东方的，东部（地方）的
lectern n.（教堂中的）诵经台；（演说时放讲稿的）讲台
lantern n.灯笼
cistern n.水箱；水池；贮水器
【单词例句】
◇ Parts of Western Europe have reached a "standstill," particularly due to a failure to get women to stop smoking, African men are lagging, and tobacco use in the Middle East is actually set to increase, the WHO said.
部分西欧地区进入“停滞期”，部分原因是没能让女性戒烟。非洲男性也拖了后腿，中东地区的烟草使用其实在增加。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ In the 1850's Samuel M. Kier, a manufacturer in western Pennsylvania, began collecting the oil from local seepages and refining it into kerosene.
在十九世纪五十年代，萨缪尔M科尔，宾西法尼亚西部的一位制造商，开始从当地的溢出物中收集石油并将它炼成煤油。
---- Oil Refining
◇ Iate in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home.
黄昏时分,他在遥远的西海结束了旅行,然后就乘上金船返回东方的家中。
---- Apollo