latitude是什么意思 latitude的用法 latitude怎么读

latitude

英 ['lætɪtjuːd]美 ['lætɪtud]

n. 纬度；界限；活动范围

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中文词源

latitude 纬度

来自拉丁语latus,宽的，来自PIE*stel,*ster,展开，词源同locus,structure,stratum,字母l,r音变。即展开的宽度，后用于地理纬度，比较longitude.

英语词源

latitude

latitude: [14] Latin lātus meant ‘broad’. From it were derived dīlātāre ‘spread out’ (source of English dilate) and lātitūdō, which English took over as latitude. Its use as a cartographical term stems from the oblong maps of the ancient world, in which distance from north to south represented ‘breadth’ (hence latitude), and distance from east to west represented ‘length’ (hence longitude [16], from Latin longitūdō, a derivative of longus ‘long’).

latitude (n.)

late 14c., "breadth," from Old French latitude (13c.) and directly from Latin latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from latus "wide," from PIE root *stele- "to spread" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic steljo "to spread out," Armenian lain "broad"). Geographical sense also is from late 14c., literally "breadth" of a map of the known world. Figurative sense of "allowable degree of variation" is early 15c. Related: Latitudinal.

权威例句

1. He would be given every latitude in forming a new government.

他将可以不受任何限制地组建新政府。

2. The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.

该岛的纬度是南纬20度.

3. This city is close to the fortieth parallel of north latitude.

这个城市靠近北纬40度.

4. She was given considerable latitude in how she spent the money.

在如何花这笔钱的问题上她有很大的自由.

5. At this latitude you often get strong winds.

在这一纬度地区经常有大风.

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