south
音标发音
- 英式音标 [saʊθ]
- 美式音标 [saʊθ]
- 国际音标 [sauθ, sauð]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 南;(罗盘的)南方
- adj. 位于南方的;(风)来自南方的;南部居民的
- adv. 向南,朝南
- v. 朝南移动;(天体)穿过子午线
- n. (South) (美)苏(人名)
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的suth,意为向南的。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- southern:南的;南方的。
- southeastern:东南方的;朝东南的。
- southward:向南的;在南方的。
- southbound:往南的;向南行进的。
- southerly:来自南方的;向南的。
- southernmost:最南的。
- southmost:最南的。
- adv性质的同根词
- southward:向南。
- southerly:来自南方;向南。
- n性质的同根词
- southern:南方人。
- southerner:南方人。
- southward:朝南的方向。
- souther:正南强风;南风。
- southerly:南风。
用法辨析
- south用作名词时,其基本意思是“南,南方,南面”,没有复数形式,前面常加定冠词the,当强调方向时首字母s一般大写。
- south的首字母大写时,还可表示“…的南部”,指位于某一特定的方位点以南的地区或国家。
- south与介词in连用时表示“在所说范围内的南部”,与on连用时表示“在…南面(相连)”,与to连用时表示“在…南面(相隔)”。
- south用作形容词,意思是“南的,南方的”,首字母可大写,在句中常用作定语。
- south还可作“来自南方的”解。
- south作为表示方位的词一般不用于比较级和最高级,如确需进行比较,可用more, less, nearly来修饰。
- south用作副词时,意思是“向南方,在南方”。
- south用作副词,没有比较级和最高级,多修饰动态动词,位于所修饰的词语之后。
n. (名词)
adj. (形容词)
adv. (副词)
英汉例句
- I'm lost, which direction is South?
我迷失方向了,哪个方向是南? - She works on the south coast.
她在南部沿海地区工作。 - Mexico and the United States are in North America, the former lies south of the latter.
墨西哥和美国在北美,前者位于后者以南。 - Many birds fly south in the winter.
在冬季许多鸟都飞到南方。
用作名词 (n.)
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
用作副词 (adv.)
用作状语
词组短语
- extreme south 最南端
- far south 南极
- at south 在南面
- from south 从南边来
- in south 在南部
- of south 南方的
用作名词 (n.)
形容词+~
介词+~
英英字典
- the direction that goes towards the part of the earth below the equator, opposite to the north, or the part of an area or country that is in this direction
- in or forming the south part of something
- towards the south
- The south is the direction which is on your right when you are looking toward the direction where the sun rises.
- The south of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south.
- If you go south, you travel toward the south.
- Something that is south of a place is positioned to the south of it.
- The south edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is toward the south.
- "South" is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area.
- A south wind is a wind that blows from the south.
- The South is used to refer to the poorer, less developed countries of the world.
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专业释义
- 南方
Chinese fir is one of the fast-growing trees providing with wood in south China.
杉木是我国南方最主要的速生用材树种之一。文学
- 南方
William Faulker (1897-1962) is a famous writer from the American South.
威廉·福克纳(1897-1962)是美国南方著名的作家。电子、通信与自动控制技术
- 南
- 南方
- 南的
- 南方的