southwest
意味一覧 (2件)
南西の
解説 Definition
southwest は、名詞の前で「南西側にある」「南西へ向かう」「南西から来る」と性質を付ける形容詞です。建物の角、斜面、航路、風向など、対象の向きや位置を短く指定したい場面で使います。
Southwest is an adjective used before a noun to show that something is on the southwest side, moving toward the southwest, or coming from the southwest. It helps describe direction or position in a short and clear way. You often see it with things like entrances, slopes, routes, and winds.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
形容詞の southwest は、後ろの名詞に方位ラベルを貼る感覚で覚えると自然です。a southwest entrance なら「南西側の入口」、a southwest wind なら「南西からの風」のように、場所だけでなく向き・由来も表せます。名詞の southwest「南西」という方位名から、その方位に関係するものを修飾する用法に広がった形です。
Think of southwest as a direction label that you put on the noun after it. A southwest entrance is an entrance on the southwest side, and a southwest wind is a wind that comes from the southwest. If you remember the noun southwest as the direction itself, the adjective use becomes easy to understand.
例文
We used the southwest entrance because it was closer to the parking lot.
駐車場に近かったので、私たちは南西側の入口を使いました。
The hikers followed a southwest trail along the side of the hill.
ハイカーたちは丘の斜面に沿った南西方向の登山道をたどりました。
A strong southwest wind brought warmer air into the city.
強い南西からの風が、より暖かい空気を街に運んできました。
南西
(意味 2)解説 Definition
southwest は、南と西の中間にあたる方位そのものを表す名詞です。地図、羅針盤、天気、移動経路の説明で、基準点から見た方向や「南西側の地域」を指すときに使います。
The southwest is the direction between south and west. It can also mean the southwestern part of a country, region, or area. It is often used for location, travel, maps, and weather.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
名詞では、compass の上にある方位名の一つとして southwest を置いて覚えます。略記は SW で、日本語の「南西」と同じく south「南」から west「西」へ続く並びです。go southwest なら移動の向き、to the southwest of Tokyo なら東京から見た位置、the southwest なら文脈によって南西部の地域を指します。形容詞用法は、この方位名を名詞の前に置いて修飾したものです。
This word is just two basic directions joined together: south + west. Think of the four corner pairs together: southwest, southeast, northwest, northeast. It means the direction between south and west, and it often appears in phrases like a southwest wind.
例文
The wind is coming from the southwest.
風は南西から吹いています。
Our house faces southwest, so it gets afternoon sun.
私たちの家は南西向きで、午後に日が当たります。
The city is located southwest of the capital.
その都市は首都の南西にあります。
southwest の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語由来の south「南」と west「西」を組み合わせた語です。方向を表す基本語がそのまま合わさり、「南と西のあいだにある」という意味になりました。
Southwest comes from combining south and west, two basic direction words from Old English. Together they meant the area or direction between south and west. Later, the word was also used as an adjective for things connected with that direction.
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