DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.175
Search for:
Search type:
Return Definitions
Match headwords exactly
Match prefixes
Match prefixes (skip, count)
Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword
Match suffixes
POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions
Old (basic) regular expressions
Match using SOUNDEX algorithm
Match headwords within Levenshtein distance one
Match separate words within headwords
Match the first word within headwords
Match the last word within headwords
Database:
Any
First match
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
DICT.TW 注音查詢、中文輸入法字典
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
Network Terminology
MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典
Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WordNet (r) 2.0
Elements database 20001107
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
▼
[Show options]
[
Pronunciation
] [
Help
] [
Database Info
] [
Server Info
]
3 definitions found
From:
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
lee·ward
/ˈliwɚ/
(a.)下風的,在下風的(ad.)在下風,在下風方向下風,背風
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lee·ward
a.
Naut.
Pertaining
to
,
or
in
the
direction
of
,
the
part
or
side
toward
which
the
wind
blows
; --
opposed
to
windward
;
as
,
a
leeward
berth
;
a
leeward
ship
. --
n.
The
lee
side
;
the
lee
. --
adv.
Toward
the
lee
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
leeward
adj
:
on
the
side
away
from
the
wind
; "
on
the
leeward
side
of
the
island
" [
ant
:
windward
]
n
1:
the
direction
in
which
the
wind
is
blowing
[
ant
:
windward
]
2:
the
side
of
something
that
is
sheltered
from
the
wind
[
syn
:
lee
,
lee side
]
adv
:
toward
the
wind
; "
they
were
sailing
leeward
" [
syn
:
upwind
]
[
ant
:
windward
,
windward
]
DICT.TW
About DICT.TW
•
Contact Webmaster
•
Index
•
Links