单词 | locale |
释义 | localen. A place or region, esp. one considered with reference to some particular event or circumstances connected with it; a location in which something happens or is set, or which is chosen for a particular purpose or activity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > a locality list?1614 ubiquitya1637 headquarters1647 region1726 locale1761 locality1770 ubity1964 1761 Ess. Art War 45 An Aide-de-Camp had, upon a false Representation of the Local made to the General, been sent to him who commanded the Right Wing, to order him to change his Ground. 1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 189 Unless they attend..to the nature of the soil of the local where those accidents happened, their reports will generally meet with little credit. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 215 O, the propriety of the locale is easily vindicated. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End xi. 381 Feeling that their little thatched cottage would, some day or other, be ranked among the celebrities of English locales. 1908 Musical News 11 July 48/1 A concert was given..in the hall of the Liverpool Institute, not an ideal locale. 1957 New Statesman 2 Nov. 551/3 Madison Avenue is already associated in the public mind (more than subliminally) with tricky manœuvring, having all but replaced Wall Street as a suspect locale. 1970 S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 226 My existence would acquire new purpose..if I could visit the actual locale of the movie. 2009 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Jan. The hippest locale is the Orange lounge bar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761 |
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