local
英 ['ləʊk(ə)l]
美 ['lokl]
- n. [計] 局部;當地居民;本地新聞
- adj. 當地的;局部的;地方性的;鄉土的
中文詞源
local 本地的,當地的,地方的來自locus,地方。
英文詞源
- local
- local: [15] Latin locus meant ‘place’ (it became in due course French lieu, acquired by English in the 13th century, and was itself adopted into English as a mathematical term in the 18th century). From it was derived the verb locāre ‘place’, source of English locate [18] and location [16], and the post-classical adjective locālis, from which English gets local. The noun locale is a mock frenchification of an earlier local [18], an adoption of the French use of the adjective local as a noun.
=> lieu, locomotive, locus - local (adj.)
- "pertaining to position," late 14c. (originally medical, "confined to a particular part of the body"), from Old French local (13c.) and directly from Late Latin localis "pertaining to a place," from Latin locus "place" (see locus). The meaning "limited to a particular place" is from c. 1500. Local color is from 1721, originally a term in painting; meaning "anything picturesque" is from c. 1900.
- local (n.)
- early 15c., "a medicament applied to a particular part of the body," from local (adj.). Meaning "inhabitant of a particular locality" is from 1825. The meaning "a local train" is from 1879; "local branch of a trade union" is from 1888; "neighborhood pub" is from 1934.
雙語例句
- 1. There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections.
- 今天地方選舉的投票一開始就人頭攢動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Global ecological efforts can easily be at odds with local ecologies.
- 全球性生態保護工作很可能會和地方生態係統存在矛盾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They drink bitter on draught in the local bar.
- 他們在當地的酒吧裏喝桶裝的苦啤酒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
- 他獲得保釋,將於11月5日在地方法庭出庭受審。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor.
- 在地方上代表民主的人是市長。
來自柯林斯例句