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单词 locality
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Definition of locality in English:

locality

nounPlural localities lə(ʊ)ˈkalɪtiloʊˈkælədi
  • 1The position or site of something.

    the rock's size and locality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The influence of these selected churchmen in the localities where they were placed cannot be underestimated.
    • Where the nuisance causes physical damage to property, however, the nature of the locality is irrelevant.
    • The La Venta site has yielded fossils assignable to as many as ten genera, whereas most localities will have no more than three.
    • Mist-net capture localities were positioned near bird feeders at both study sites.
    • Central American silver localities are not well represented in most collections.
    • Namibia seems to have the highest concentration of localities on the continent.
    • This locality is also the site from which Lyreidus hookeri was collected.
    • It has an alphabetical list of localities by country, starting with Argentina.
    • In addition, alleles from geographically distant localities often cluster together.
    • Tectonic settings of several localities listed in Table I are equivocal.
    • Major new mineral localities of this magnitude are rarely discovered in New England.
    • For the next fortnight the Japanese mounted attacks on the string of defended localities running along the road.
    • It has a maximum thickness of 250 m and is absent at several localities except for a continuous ironstone horizon.
    • Geographical coordinates and sample sizes of the localities may be obtained from the corresponding author.
    • Stolzite is poorly represented in Mexican and Central and South American localities.
    • This scramble for excellence has confirmed the benefits of cooler sites and matching locality to grape varieties.
    • During 1994 jack snipe were recorded at 36 localities in the county.
    • Western Utah is the home of one of the best-known Cambrian fossil localities in the world.
    • Today the locality in which the university is situated may not be the safest and the best in the city.
    • Even the roadsigns that mark localities or single properties must be made of granite.
    Synonyms
    position, place, situation, location, spot, point, site, scene, setting
    whereabouts, bearings
    technical locus
    1. 1.1 An area or neighbourhood.
      she had few friends in the locality
      a working-class locality
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She is wished many years of happy retirement from her friends throughout the locality and beyond.
      • In retirement he remained very interested in events and will be sadly missed by his friends in the locality.
      • Railways spread from major routes to smaller localities.
      • Local residents should be involved in the regular maintenance of the parks in their locality.
      • With other lands adjacent to the park the locality is becoming an important offshoot, or suburb, of Glasgow.
      • Order individuals who don't live in the area to leave the locality.
      • One can perhaps see more potholes than the road itself in most localities of our city.
      • Neighbourhood parks have sprung up in every locality making the area greener.
      • They offer intimacy beyond the family and join individuals within or between neighborhoods and localities.
      • The deceased was highly respected and will be greatly missed by his many friends in the locality.
      • At the same time, there should be no more capital grants to localities for public works.
      • He ploughed many a field in the locality and was never afraid of a long day's work in the fields.
      • Mary is wished many happy returns by all on the committee as well as by all her friends in the locality.
      • We thought that until we do not find a new place for ourselves in a safer locality, we will continue to stay here.
      • In many provinces and localities Hindus too are in a minority.
      • She was very well liked in the locality and was a grand neighbour and good friend down through the years.
      • This point raises questions about the role and participation of outlying villages and localities.
      • He will be greatly missed by his family and good friends around the locality.
      • It would become a place where people in Tramore could go to and meet friends in the locality.
      • Needless to say, this has led to additional burden on the locality's narrow roads.
      Synonyms
      vicinity, surrounding area, area, neighbourhood, district, region, environs, zone, locale, territory
      community
      informal neck of the woods
      technical locus

Origin

Early 17th century: from French localité or late Latin localitas, from localis 'relating to a place' (see local).

Rhymes

banality, duality, fatality, finality, ideality, legality, modality, morality, natality, orality, reality, regality, rurality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
 
 

Definition of locality in US English:

locality

nounloʊˈkælədilōˈkalədē
  • 1The position or site of something.

    the rock's size and locality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even the roadsigns that mark localities or single properties must be made of granite.
    • It has an alphabetical list of localities by country, starting with Argentina.
    • During 1994 jack snipe were recorded at 36 localities in the county.
    • This locality is also the site from which Lyreidus hookeri was collected.
    • For the next fortnight the Japanese mounted attacks on the string of defended localities running along the road.
    • Stolzite is poorly represented in Mexican and Central and South American localities.
    • It has a maximum thickness of 250 m and is absent at several localities except for a continuous ironstone horizon.
    • Where the nuisance causes physical damage to property, however, the nature of the locality is irrelevant.
    • Today the locality in which the university is situated may not be the safest and the best in the city.
    • The La Venta site has yielded fossils assignable to as many as ten genera, whereas most localities will have no more than three.
    • The influence of these selected churchmen in the localities where they were placed cannot be underestimated.
    • Tectonic settings of several localities listed in Table I are equivocal.
    • In addition, alleles from geographically distant localities often cluster together.
    • Mist-net capture localities were positioned near bird feeders at both study sites.
    • Central American silver localities are not well represented in most collections.
    • Namibia seems to have the highest concentration of localities on the continent.
    • This scramble for excellence has confirmed the benefits of cooler sites and matching locality to grape varieties.
    • Geographical coordinates and sample sizes of the localities may be obtained from the corresponding author.
    • Western Utah is the home of one of the best-known Cambrian fossil localities in the world.
    • Major new mineral localities of this magnitude are rarely discovered in New England.
    Synonyms
    position, place, situation, location, spot, point, site, scene, setting
    1. 1.1 An area or neighborhood, especially as regarded as a place occupied by certain people or as the scene of particular activities.
      a working-class locality
      the results of other schools in the locality
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Neighbourhood parks have sprung up in every locality making the area greener.
      • The deceased was highly respected and will be greatly missed by his many friends in the locality.
      • She is wished many years of happy retirement from her friends throughout the locality and beyond.
      • Railways spread from major routes to smaller localities.
      • Order individuals who don't live in the area to leave the locality.
      • She was very well liked in the locality and was a grand neighbour and good friend down through the years.
      • One can perhaps see more potholes than the road itself in most localities of our city.
      • Local residents should be involved in the regular maintenance of the parks in their locality.
      • Needless to say, this has led to additional burden on the locality's narrow roads.
      • With other lands adjacent to the park the locality is becoming an important offshoot, or suburb, of Glasgow.
      • This point raises questions about the role and participation of outlying villages and localities.
      • They offer intimacy beyond the family and join individuals within or between neighborhoods and localities.
      • In retirement he remained very interested in events and will be sadly missed by his friends in the locality.
      • He will be greatly missed by his family and good friends around the locality.
      • In many provinces and localities Hindus too are in a minority.
      • It would become a place where people in Tramore could go to and meet friends in the locality.
      • At the same time, there should be no more capital grants to localities for public works.
      • We thought that until we do not find a new place for ourselves in a safer locality, we will continue to stay here.
      • He ploughed many a field in the locality and was never afraid of a long day's work in the fields.
      • Mary is wished many happy returns by all on the committee as well as by all her friends in the locality.
      Synonyms
      vicinity, surrounding area, area, neighbourhood, district, region, environs, zone, locale, territory

Origin

Early 17th century: from French localité or late Latin localitas, from localis ‘relating to a place’ (see local).

 
 
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