eastern
adjective (also Eastern) uk/ˈiː.stən/ us/ˈiː.stɚn/ (written abbreviation E)
B1 （某个地区的）东部的;来自东部的
in or from the east part of an area
The eastern part of the country is very mountainous. 这个国家的东部地区多山。
Until about 1991, the Eastern bloc was the Soviet Union and the communist countries of eastern Europe. 直到1991年左右，东方集团是指苏联和东欧的共产主义国家。
Buddhism and other Eastern (= Asian) religions fascinate me. 佛教和其他东方宗教让我着迷。
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- On the eastern horizon, a huge cloud of smoke from burning oil tanks stretched across the sky.
- We witnessed a remarkable chain of events in eastern Europe in 1989.
- The hurricane is centered over the eastern Caribbean.
- It's in the poorer, underdeveloped eastern region of the country that the biggest problems exist.
- They are the single most successful eastern arts group in the West.