eastern

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈiː.stən/    美 /ˈi.stɚn/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
    — While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  2. Blowing from the east; easterly.
  3. Oriental. broadly

词形变化

more eastern comparative most eastern superlative easternmost superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
Adamawa-Eastern Australian Eastern Daylight Time Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Armenia eastern baccharis eastern banjo frog eastern bearded dragon Eastern Bloc eastern bluebird Eastern Bontok Eastern Buyagan eastern buzzard Eastern Christian eastern columbine eastern coneflower eastern cottonwood eastern crevice skink eastern crown eastern curlew Eastern Delaware Eastern Desert eastern equine encephalitis easterner Eastern Europe Eastern Friesland Eastern Front eastern gorilla eastern gray squirrel eastern green drake eastern grey kangaroo eastern hemisphere eastern hemlock Eastern Herzegovinian eastern imperial eagle eastern indigo snake easternisation easternise easternism easternization easternize eastern jackrabbit eastern kingsnake eastern leatherwood easternly eastern moa easternmost easternness Eastern Norway eastern olivaceous warbler eastern Orphean warbler Eastern Pacific giant conch Eastern Palestine eastern paradise whydah Eastern parotia eastern pellitory-of-the-wall eastern poison ivy Eastern provinces eastern ratsnake eastern redbud eastern red cedar Eastern Region eastern ringed xenica eastern rosella Eastern Rumelia eastern screech owl eastern spinebill eastern spotted skunk Eastern Standard Time Zone eastern tarantula eastern tent caterpillar Eastern Theater Eastern Time Zone Eastern Townships Eastern Wao Eastern War Time Zone eastern water dragon eastern white pine eastern wolf Eastern Woodlands eastern wood pewee eastern yellow robin eastern yellow wagtail Far Eastern Federal District Mideastern noneastern north-eastern south-eastern
相关词
northern southern western northeastern southeastern southwestern northwestern

词源

From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”).
Morphologically east + -ern.
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