move northward
collocation向北移动
The storm is expected to move northward overnight.
预计风暴将在夜间向北移动。
向北；朝北
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向北；朝北
Towards the north; in a northerly direction.
The geese flew northward for the summer.
大雁向北方飞去度夏。
朝北；向北方向。
Towards the north; in a northerly direction.
We continued our journey northward along the coast.
我们沿着海岸继续向北旅行。
The storm is moving northward at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
风暴正以每小时30公里的速度向北移动。
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向北移动
The storm is expected to move northward overnight.
预计风暴将在夜间向北移动。
向北行进
They left the city and headed northward.
他们离开城市，向北行进。
向北旅行
We traveled northward along the coast.
我们沿着海岸向北旅行。
继续向北
The road continues northward for another fifty miles.
这条路继续向北延伸五十英里。
向北迁徙
Many birds migrate northward in the spring.
许多鸟类在春天向北迁徙。
向北漂移
The iceberg gradually drifted northward.
冰山逐渐向北漂移。
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把 northward 联想为 north（北）+ ward（方向）：想象一辆车一直向北开，ward 就像路牌的‘方向’，所以是朝北前进。
语域：neutral 常见场景：气象预报、航海导航、地理描述 northward 多用于书面或较正式的语境，如气象预报、航海导航和地理描述；日常口语中更常说 north。
这些词都以 -ward 结尾，读作 /wərd/，但重音都在第一个音节，所以它们与 northward /ˈnɔːrθwərd/ 并不完全押韵；northward 的重读元音是 /ɔːr/。拼写相似容易误以为发音相同，需要注意。
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