資料來源 : pyDict
西洋,歐美,西歐諸國
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Occident \Oc"ci*dent\, n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr.
occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See
{Occasion}.]
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the
evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west;
-- opposed to {orient}. Specifically, in former times, Europe
as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
--Chaucer.
I may wander from east to occident. --Shak.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Occident
n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North and South America [syn: {West}]
2: the hemisphere that includes North and South America [syn: {western
hemisphere}, {New World}]