- [only before noun] (abbreviation W)Western
located in the west or facing west 西方的;向西的;西部的 western Spain 西班牙西部 Western Europe 西欧 the western slopes of the mountain 山的西坡 all over the western hemisphere 整个西半球 Economic growth in China's western regions 中国西部地区的经济增长
- usually Western
connected with the west part of the world, especially Europe and North America 西方的;西方国家的;(尤指)欧美的 Western art 西方艺术 the Western world 西方世界
see also country and western
Word OriginOld English westerne (from west and -ern).