belonging or relating to a particular area or neighbourhood, typically exclusively so (仅限于)当地的,地方的 researching local history. 研究地方史。 the local post office. 当地邮局。 ■denoting a telephone call made to a nearby place and charged at a relatively low rate (电话)本地通话的 ■denoting a train or bus serving a particular district, with frequent stops (火车)慢车;市内公交车 the village has an excellent local bus service. 村子里的公交汽车服务很棒。 ■(in technical use) relating to a particular region or part, or to each of any number of these (技)局部的 a local infection. 局部感染。 migration can regulate the local density of animals. 迁徙可以控制动物的局部密度。 ■(Computing)denoting a variable or other entity that is only available for use in one part of a program (计算机)局域的 ■(Computing)denoting a device that can be accessed without the use of a network (计算机)本地的。 比较 remote
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a local person or thing, in particular 本地人(或物)。尤指 ■an inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood 本地住户 the street was full of locals and tourists. 街上都是本地人和游客。 ■(Brit. informal)a pub convenient to a person's home (英,非正式)附近的小酒馆 a pint in the local. 去附近的小酒馆喝上一品脱。 ■a local train or bus service 慢车,市内公交车 catch the local into New Delhi. 乘上去新德里的公交车。 ■(N. Amer.)a local branch of an organization, especially a trade union (北美)(商业联合会的)本地分枝机构 ■short for local anaesthetic local anaesthetic. 的简称 ■(Stock Exchange slang)a floor trader who trades on their own account, rather than on behalf of other investors (股票 俚)散户
派生 locally adverb localness noun 语源
late Middle English: from late Latin localis, from Latin locus 'place'