west
要点西、西洋、西の、西へ
意味
- 《the west》西;(…の)西方,(…の)西部《+of+名》
- 《the West》西洋,西欧,欧米
- 《the West》《米》西部地方
- 《the West》(共産圏に対して)西側[諸国],西側陣営
- 西の,西部の,西向きの;西からの
- 西へ,西に;西方に
例文
I was watching the red sun sinking in the west.
私は真っ赤な太陽が西に沈んでいくのを見ていた。
He was on the way to the airport to meet Mr West.
彼はウエストさんを出迎えに空港に来る途中でした。
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
太陽は東から昇り、西へ沈む。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
PIE word *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros (“evening”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish…