Orient

(verb.) familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; 'The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen'.

(verb.) determine one's position with reference to another point; 'We had to orient ourselves in the forest'.

(verb.) cause to point; 'Orient the house towards the West'.

(verb.) be oriented; 'The weather vane points North'; 'the dancers toes pointed outward'.

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• A railway here in Asia--in the dreamy realm of the Orient--in the fabled land of the Arabian Nights--is a strange thing to think of. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Light and darkness were struggling together, and the orient was streaked by roseate and golden rays. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The time when the more complicated fireworks, which we owe both to Europe and the Orient, came into vogue in this country, no one perhaps could now definitely tell. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It is built entirely of precious marbles, brought from the Orient --nothing in its composition is domestic. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In fact, they are still being manufactured and are sold in some parts of Africa and the Orient. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The great necessity for more durable carbons became a desideratum so urgent that the tireless inventor decided to commission another explorer to search the tropical jungles of the Orient. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Through Orient seas, o’er Afric’s plain, And Asian mountains borne, The vigor of the Northern brain Shall nerve the world outworn. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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