喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/ˈsʌðərn/ · /ˈsʌðən/南方的

    Belonging to the south part of a country or area, or coming from there.

    Belonging to屬於 the south part of a country or area一個國家或地區的南部 or coming from there或來自那裡

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei's family comes from a small town in southern Taiwan.

    逐字美的家庭來自南方台灣的一個小鎮。

    「southern」是 south（南方）的形容詞，描述「位在南邊」或「來自南邊」的東西——southern Italy、a southern accent。注意發音：southern 的 sou 唸 /sʌ/（像 sun），不是 south 的 /aʊ/，這是台灣學生很常唸錯的地方。開頭字母大寫（Southern）時常指特定地區，例如美國南方。

    常見搭配

    • southern part

      南部

      the area in the south of a place

      The southern part of the country gets more rain.

    • southern accent

      南方口音

      the way of speaking typical of the south

      She has a soft southern accent.

    • southern hemisphere

      南半球

      the half of the Earth that is south of the equator

      In the southern hemisphere, summer comes in December.

    • southern coast

      南方海岸

      the shore on the south side

      We stayed at a hotel on the southern coast.

    意思相近

    southerly

    意思相反

    northern

core核心畫面

You can picture southern as pointing to the bottom part of a map — the south end of a country or area, and anything that sits there or comes from there.

可以把 southern 想成：手指往地圖的下半部一指——一個國家或地區的南邊那一塊，以及位在那裡、或來自那裡的東西。

同家族的字

意思相近

southerly

意思相反

northern

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Southernadj/ˈsʌð.ən/

  • 1

    From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.

  • 2

    From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.

    • But although Southern cooking makes use of a cornucopia of vegetables, it also typically includes generous portions of meat and fried chicken. Even vegetable dishes and breads are often cooked with animal fat: Greens are fried in bacon grease […]
    • Southern cooking makes its presence felt throughout the northern half of the state. Vegetables such as okra, collard greens, black-eyed peas, fried green tomatoes, and fried eggplant are added to staples such as fried chicken, roast beef, and hogjaw — meat from the mouth of a pig.

Southernname/ˈsʌð.ən/

  • 1

    A surname.

southernadj/ˈsʌðən/

  • 1

    Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.

  • 2

    Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.

    • The southern climate.
    • From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
  • 3

    Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

southernnoun/ˈsʌðən/

  • 1

    Synonym of southerner.

    • Force prevails most with the northerns, reason with the inhabitants of a temperate or middle climate, superstition with the southerns; thus astrology, magic, and all mysterious sciences have come from the Chaldeans and Egyptians.
    • The peace which the French leaguers made soon after with Louis XL, for money and offices, did not satisfy the southerns, whose views in this patriotic war had been wholly different.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • Southern Comfort

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