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from the northeast
northeast 作名词，与 from 搭配表示来自东北方向。
The wind is blowing from the northeast.
风正从东北方吹来。
东北；东北方
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东北；东北方
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
The wind is blowing from the northeast.
风正从东北方吹来。
北与东之间的中间方位点；具体方位为45°
The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.
北与东之间的方位点；位于45度处
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
美国东北部地区
the northeastern region of the United States
对应东北罗盘方位的方向
the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point
The cold wind blew from the northeast all day.
寒冷的风整天从东北方吹来。
We plan to drive to the northeast of the island next summer.
我们计划明年夏天开车去岛的东北部。
The storm is moving toward the northeast at about twenty miles per hour.
暴风雨正以每小时约二十英里的速度向东北方向移动。
northeast 作名词，与 from 搭配表示来自东北方向。
The wind is blowing from the northeast.
风正从东北方吹来。
northeast 作名词，to the northeast of 表示相对位置，指在某地的东北方。
The new airport is to the northeast of the city.
新机场位于城市的东北方。
northeast 作形容词，放在名词前作定语，表示位于东北的或向东北的。
They planted a windbreak on the northeast edge of the field.
他们在田地的东北边缘种了一道防风林。
Not this
The wind comes from northeast.
Use this
The wind comes from the northeast.
northeast 作名词指方位时，要与定冠词 the 连用，构成 from the northeast（来自东北方）。中文没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 the；加上 the 才符合英语对方位名词的习惯用法。
Not this
Harbin is at the northeast of China.
Use this
Harbin is in the northeast of China.
表示位于某个较大区域之内时，介词应用 in，而不是 at；at 通常指较小、具体的地点。受汉语“在”的干扰，学习者常误用 at；改为 in 后语义和搭配都正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
中国东北
She was born in northeast China.
她出生在中国东北。
东北角
The bookstore is at the northeast corner of the square.
书店在广场的东北角。
东北季风
The northeast monsoon usually starts in November.
东北季风通常从十一月开始。
来自东北方
A cold wind is blowing from the northeast.
一股冷风正从东北方吹来。
向东北方
The museum is two miles to the northeast of the park.
博物馆在公园东北方向两英里处。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
Use northeast naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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由 north（北）和 east（东）两个词拼成，想象北指针向东转45度，所指就是东北方向。
语域：neutral 常见场景：geography、weather reports、travel directions 该词表示方位时通常属中性语体，多用于地理、天气或指路等日常场景，正式与口语中都比较常见；作名词和形容词时的语体一致。
The -east words (east, beast, feast, least, southeast) all end with the same stressed vowel and /st/ as northeast, so they rhyme with its -east part. Southeast shares the exact -east ending and also rhymes. Northwest looks similar because of the shared north- prefix, but it ends in /-wɛst/, not /-ist/, so it does not rhyme.
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