western

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country. 西部的[ADJ n]
...hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia. …来自西亚和中亚的手工地毯。
2. ADJ Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. 西方国家的 (指与北美、西欧、北欧、南欧各国相关的)
Mexico had the support of the big western governments. 墨西哥得到了西方大国政府的支持。
3. N-COUNT A western is a book or movie about life in the western United States and territories in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys. (有关19世纪美国西部的生活，尤指牛仔生活的) 西部小说; 西部影片
John Agar starred in westerns, war films and low-budget science fiction pictures. 约翰·阿加出演过西部片、战争片和低投入的科幻片。

In the 1800s, thousands of homesteaders settled on the prairies of the western US.
The Rockies are a mountain range in the western USA.
In western Europe , a seven- to eight-hour working day is about the average .
The western edge of the desert is home to many rare species of plants .
He was an officer on the western front .

The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society .
His work explores the influence of Chinese philosophy on western thought .
Western culture is viewed with suspicion in parts of Asia .
Parts of the country are beginning to embrace western culture .
He argued that many western values were antithetical to the teachings of Islam .