southeast

1. N-UNCOUNT The southeast is the direction which is halfway between south and east. 东南[also 'the' N]

It shook buildings as far away as Galveston, 90 miles to the southeast. 它震动了东南方向90英里远的加尔维斯顿的建筑物。

2. N-SING Thesoutheastof a place, country, or region is the part which is in the southeast. 东南部

Record levels of rainfall fell over the southeast of the country. 该国东南部降下了最高纪录的雨量。

3. ADV If you go southeast, you travel toward the southeast. 朝东南方向[ADV after v]

I know we have to go southeast, more or less. 我知道我们大概得往东南方向走。

4. ADV Something that is southeast of a place is positioned to the south-east of it. 在东南方[ADV 'of' n]

...a vessel that is believed to have sunk 500 miles southeast of Nova Scotia. …据说在诺瓦斯科西亚东南方500英里处沉没的一艘船。

5. ADJ The southeast part of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southeast. 东南部的[ADJ n]

...rural southeast Kansas. …堪萨斯东南部的农村。

...Southeast Asia. …东南亚。

6. ADJ A southeast wind is a wind that blows from the southeast. (风) 来自东南方的[ADJ n]

Thick clothes keeping the chill southeast wind from freezing his bones. 厚衣服让他不被寒冷的东南风给冻着了。