Word · Frequency #19750
southerly
位于南方的；朝南的
situated in or oriented toward the south
- 1.
Facing the south; directed towards the south.
面向南方；朝向南方。
- 2.
Located towards or in the south.
位于南方或朝南的。
- 3.
Coming from the south.
来自南方的。
来自南方的（尤指风）；面向南方；朝向南方。；位于南方或朝南的。；来自南方的。；向南的
In use
The garden is on the southerly side of the house, so it gets sunshine most of the day.
We took a southerly route along the coast to avoid the heavy traffic.
The ship changed to a more southerly course to reach the port before sunset.
be + southerly
作形容词时，southerly 可表示“向南的”或“来自南方的”；用于风时，常指“来自南方的”。
The wind is southerly today.
今天的风是从南边来的。
flow + southerly
作副词时，southerly 意为“向南”，常修饰表示流动、移动的动词。
The river flows southerly into the lake.
这条河向南流入湖中。
a + southerly
作名词时，southerly 指“南风”，是可数名词，复数形式为 southerlies。
Connections
Collocations
- southerly wind
- 来自南方的风，南风
- A cold southerly wind swept across the coast.一股寒冷的南风席卷了海岸。
- southerly direction
- 朝南的方向
- They drove off in a southerly direction.他们朝南方向驶去。
- southerly route
- 南行路线
- The convoy took a southerly route to the capital.车队沿南行路线前往首都。
- southerly latitudes
- 偏南纬度地区
- These birds breed in the southerly latitudes.这些鸟在偏南纬度地区繁殖。
- strong southerly
- 强南风
- A strong southerly whipped up the sea.一阵强南风刮起了海浪。
- southerly flow
Learner notes
Memory Tip
southerly 开头是 south（南），看到它就联想到向南或来自南方：southerly wind 就是南风，-ly 表示‘地’，朝南地。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：weather forecasts、geographical/navigation descriptions southerly 作形容词时指位于南部或朝南，也可指风从南方吹来；作名词时指南风；作副词时表示向南方移动。这个词通常用于气象预报、地理或航行等较正式语境；日常口语里更常说 southern 或 southward。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Motherly and brotherly rhyme with southerly (/ˈsʌðəli/) in the pronunciations given. Watch out for south (/saʊθ/), whose spelling begins with sou- but has a different vowel sound, and southern (/ˈsʌðən/), which shares the stressed syllable but has a different ending. Northerly and easterly have similar -therly/-terly endings but different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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