Western

(noun.) a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development.

(noun.) a sandwich made from a western omelet.

(adj.) lying toward or situated in the west; 'our company's western office' .

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; 'the Western world'; 'Western thought'; 'Western thought' .

(adj.) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; 'a Western ranch' .

校对:莱利亚

• The large and powerful engines on the Great Western Railway have, however, only two driving wheels, which are 8 feet in diameter. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The Eastern German front was more extended and less systematically entrenched than the Western. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Are the lights at the tunnel and the western pass in order, Alexandros? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It drew together all the known world, excepting only the western Mediterranean, into one drama. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So that two mutually dangerous streams of anticipation were running through the minds of men in Western Europe towards the end of the war. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Author of HEAVY GAME OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS (1881); THREE MONTHS IN THE JUNGLE (1884). 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• From the close of 1915 onwards Russia was a source of deepening anxiety to her Western allies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The stock was then selling at about 25, and in the later consolidation with the Western Union went in at about 60; so that the real purchase price was not less than $1,000,000 in cash. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The western army had not yet been supplied with transportation. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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