核心畫面
Think of the compass: north at the top, west on the left, and northwest the slice sitting exactly halfway between them. It is one fixed slant of direction — and once you have that slant, you can point at the land lying that way, or at the wind coming out of it.
可以想成指南針上北和西中間那一條斜線：不是正北，也不是正西，而是剛好夾在中間的那個角度。這個字先是一個固定的方位角，…更多收起
可以想成指南針上北和西中間那一條斜線：不是正北，也不是正西，而是剛好夾在中間的那個角度。這個字先是一個固定的方位角，然後這個角度可以往外借——借去指「往那個方向去的那一片土地」，也可以借去指「從那個方向吹過來的風」。所有用法都回到同一根斜著的指針。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
Northwestname
- 1
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
- 2
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
northwestnoun/nɔɹθˈwɛst/
- 1
The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
northwestadj/nɔɹθˈwɛst/
- 1
Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
- 2
Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly.
- a northwest course
- But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.
- 3
Coming from the northwest; northwesterly.
- a northwest wind
northwestadv/nɔɹθˈwɛst/
- 1
Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards.
- We are travelling northwest at the moment.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。