单词
locate
英 [lə(ʊ)'keɪt]
美[lo'ket]
基本信息
- vt. 位于；查找…的地点
- vi. 定位；定居
英英释意
- 1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining;
- "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"
- "My search turned up nothing"
- 2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey;
- "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"
- "Locate the boundaries of the property"
- 3. assign a location to;
- "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
- 4. take up residence and become established;
- "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"