location

location
noun
  1. 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
  2. (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
  1. late 16th cent.: from Latin locatio(n-), from the verb locare (see locate)
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