east/iːst/

n.

➊ [usu. the ~] the direction from which the sun rises

➋ [the east/East] the eastern part of a country or area

➌ [the East] the countries of Asia, esp. China, Japan and India

a. in, towards or from the east

ad. towards the east

n. [U]

➊ [常the ~] 东，东方：The sun rises in the east. 太阳从东方升起。

◇[the east of sth] a town to the east of New York 纽约以东的一个城镇

➋ [the east/East] 东部：[the east of sth] He lives in the east of Germany. 他住在德国东部。

➌ [the East] 东方（国家）：The architecture is common in the East. 这种建筑风格在东方国家很常见。

a. [仅置于名词前] 东方的，东部的；朝东的；从东来的；从东方来的：[用于地区名时，首字母常大写] East Africa 东非

◇East China 华东

◇There are some pictures on the east wall of the classroom. 教室的东墙上有一些画。

◇an east wind 东风

ad. 朝东，向东：Our house faces east. 我们的房子朝东。

◇They drove east for an hour. 他们朝东开了一小时。

(5/10 miles) east of sth 在…以东（5/10英里）：A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, killing all four people on board. 一架小飞机在该市以东5英里的地方撞山坠毁，机上4人全部遇难。

east

eastern

eastwards

northeast

音组-east/-iːst/

beast; east; feast; least

常犯错误

✗ Japan is in the east of China.

✓ Japan is to the east of China. 日本在中国的东面。

✗ Shanghai is on the east of China.

✓ Shanghai is in the east of China. 上海在中国的东部。

常犯错误

✗ The sun rises from the east.

✓ The sun rises in the east.

用法用south, north, east, west指明确划定的地域范围或政治范围，如：South Africa （南非），North America （北美）。对地域不作明确的划分时，用southern, northern, eastern, western，如：southern England （英国南部）。但也有例外，如：Northern Europe （北欧）。

辨析in the east of; on the east of; to the east of; east of

谚语East, west, home's best. 东奔西跑，都不如在家里好（或：金窝银窝，不如家里的草窝）。