单词 | locate |
释义 | locate —locatable, adj. /loh"kayt, loh kayt"/, v. , located, locating. v.t. 1. to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound. 2. to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris. 3. to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia. 4. to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land. v.i. 5. to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle. [1645-55, Amer.; < L locatus, ptp. of locare to put in a given position, place; see LOCUS, -ATE1] |
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