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词组 east
释义 east
The east is the direction which you look towards in order to see the sun rise.
Ben noticed the first faint streaks of dawn in the east.
Sounds of war from the east grew closer.

An east wind blows from the east.
It has turned bitterly cold, with a cruel east wind.

The east of a place is the part that is towards the east.
...old people in the east of Glasgow.
...a plane which travelled on to the east of the continent.

East occurs in the names of some countries and regions.
...the former Portuguese colony of East Timor.
This beautiful flower grows in grassy places, mainly in East Anglia.
...tribes such as the Masai in East Africa.


◊ 'eastern'

However, you do not usually talk about the 'east' part of a country. You talk about the eastern part.
...the eastern part of Germany.

Similarly, you do not talk about 'east Europe' or 'east England'. You say eastern Europe or eastern England.
...the economies of Central and Eastern Europe.
...a scheduled early morning flight from Nancy in eastern France.
...the Eastern Mediterranean.
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