a particular place or position 地点 the property is set in a convenient location. 这片房地产开发在一处交通便利的地方。 ■an actual place or natural setting in which a film or broadcast is made, as distinct from a simulation in a studio 外景地 the movie was filmed entirely on location. 这部电影整个都是在外景地拍摄的。 ■[mass noun]the action or process of placing someone or something in a particular position 设置,安置 the location of new housing beyond the existing built-up areas. 建在现有的建筑物密集区之外的新房子。 ■a position or address in computer memory (计算机内存里的)位置,地址
(S. African historical)an area where black South Africans were obliged to live, usually on the outskirts of a town or city. The term was later replaced by township (南非,史)黑人居住区(多为市郊,后该词被township代替)
派生 locational adjective 语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin locatio(n-), from the verb locare (see locate)