| 释义 |
‖ ˈubi Obs.
[L. ubi where. So Sp. ubi place, room.]
1. Place, position; location. (In common use c 1640–1740.)
1614T. Adams Physicke fr. Heaven in Diuells Banket, etc. 321 Euery spirtuall Phisitian must keepe his right vbi. 1644Digby Nat. Bodies i. (1645) 8 It is but assigning an Ubi to such a spirit and he is presently riveted to what place you please; and by multiplying the Ubies [etc.]. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 101 Nor are we solicitous for the Ubi of Vertue, or any other Immaterial accident. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. iii. 223 Spirit cannot resist body, as being capable of coexisting in the same ubi with it. 1740Cheyne Regimen 215 That Bodies..must have an Ubi, a local permanent Situation at last, is certain.
2. Present place or location; whereabouts.
1778H. Walpole Let. to W. Mason 15 May, The ubi of the Toulon squadron is not ascertained. |