| 单词 | northwest by west |
| 例句 | It happened this way, sir: we were off Cape Cod, heading northwest by west for Boston, about a week ago, close hauled on the starboard tack in a half gale of wind. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Bailleul, seventeen miles northwest by west of Lille, which had been occupied by the foe for eight days, was abandoned without a shot being fired. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The American frigate was standing to the westward with the wind about north by west and bore from the two British frigates about northwest by west. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans We sailed with easterly and east southeasterly winds, now southwest by west and now northwest by west, for about four hundred leguas. History of the Philippine Islands To the northward of this back country, other ranges ran parallel to those along the river, from northwest by west to south-east by east, and shorter ranges joined them occasionally. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Following the above-mentioned course he sailed to the altitude of nine and one-half degrees, whence he sailed southwest by west to fourteen degrees, where he changed his course to northwest by west. History of the Philippine Islands |
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