locate

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #5112 ★★☆☆☆

vt. 找出, 设于, 位于 vi. 定居

发音

UK /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/
US /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/
US /loʊˈkeɪt/
IN /lɵˈkeʈ/

词形变化

located locates 三单 locates locateth locating locating 现在分词 located 过去式 located 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

位于；查找…的地点

动词

定位；定居

释义与例句

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To find out where something is located.

    及物

    I really can't locate the sever files.

  3. 3.

    To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

    及物

    The council must locate the new hospital.

    to locate a mining claim

    to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant

    1862-1892, Herbert Spencer, System of Synthetic Philosophy That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.

  4. 4.

    To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

    非正式 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

place settle site situate turn up

上位词 10

find place move send act station post determine regain ascertain

下位词 10

place base map nail acquire pinpoint unearth colonize resettle colonise

近义相关 3

excavate dig up turn up

词源

Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu.

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