leeward
英 [ˈli:wəd] 美 [ˈliwərd]

adj.& adv.

背风的（地），下风的（地）；

n.

下风；

英英释义

leeward[ 'li:wəd, 'lu:əd ]

• n.
  • the direction in which the wind is blowing
  • the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

    同义词：leelee side

• adj.on the side away from the wind

  "on the leeward side of the island"

• adv.toward the wind

  "they were sailing leeward"

  同义词：upwind

词组短语

leeward islands背风群岛（西印度群岛中小安的列斯群岛北部的群岛）

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Frontal slope is increased in the upward side，but decreased in the leeward side.
   当冷锋位于迎风坡时,其坡度减小,位于背风坡时,其坡度增大。
2. Leeward arterial roads in city can serve as pollute air transpire corridors.
   污染空气的排放通道宜利用城市中顺风向的较为通直的干道。

用作名词(n.)

1. Industrial districts are generally situated to the leeward of the cities.
   工业区一般都设在城市的下风。

权威例句

Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. Volume 5.
The Natural Vegetation of the Windward and Leeward Islands. by J. S. Beard
Influence of the trade-wind inversion on a leeward mountain slope in Hawaii
Zonation of vegetation along a burial gradient on the leeward slopes of Lake Huron sand dunes.
Tsunami imprints on the Leeward Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire) and their relation to other coastal problems
Biological control of Opuntia spp. by Cactoblastis cactorum in the Leeward Islands (West Indies)
Long-Term Change in Coral Communities Along Depth Gradients Over Leeward Reefs in the Netherlands Antilles
Submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient addition to the coastal zone and coral reefs of leeward Hawai'i
Scheffers, A. Tsunami imprints on the leeward Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire) and their relation to other coastal pro...
Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, and other cetaceans on Virgin Bank and in the northern Leeward Islands, 1985 and 1986