| 单词 | place |
| 释义 | Word Frequency place(pleɪs) noun 1. a particular point or part of space or of a surface, esp that occupied by a personor thing 2. a geographical point, such as a town, city, etc 3. a position or rank in a sequence or order 4. a. an open square lined with houses of a similar type in a city or town b. (capital when part of a street name) Grosvenor Place 5. space or room 6. a house or living quarters 7. a country house with grounds 8. any building or area set aside for a specific purpose 9. a passage in a book, play, film, etc to lose one's place 10. proper or appropriate position or time the Stock Exchange is no place for the faint-hearted 11. right or original position put it back in its place 12. suitable, appropriate, or customary surroundings (esp in the phrases out of place, in place) 13. right, prerogative, or duty it is your place to give a speech 14. appointment, position, or job a place at college 15. position, condition, or state if I were in your place 16. a. a space or seat, as at a dining table b. (as modifier) place mat 17. mathematics the relative position of a digit in a number See also decimal place 18. any of the best times in a race 19. horse racing a. British the first, second, or third position at the finish b. US and Canadian the first or usually the second position at the finish c. (as modifier) a place bet 20. theatre one of the three unities unity (sense 8)21. archaic an important position, rank, or role 22. all over the place 23. another place 24. give place to someone 25. go places 26. in place of 27. know one's place 28. pride of place 29. put someone in his or her place 30. take one's place 31. take the place of 32. take place 33. the other place verb (mainly tr) 34. to put or set in a particular or appropriate place 35. to find or indicate the place of 36. to identify or classify by linking with an appropriate context to place a face 37. to regard or view as being to place prosperity above sincerity 38. to make (an order, a bet, etc) 39. to find a home or job for (someone) 40. to appoint to an office or position 41. (often foll by with) to put under the care (of) 42. to direct or aim carefully 43. (passive) British to cause (a racehorse, greyhound, athlete, etc) to arrive in first, second, third, or sometimes fourth place 44. (intransitive) US and Canadian (of a racehorse, greyhound, etc) to finish among the first three in a contest, esp in second position 45. to invest (funds) 46. to sing (a note) with accuracy of pitch 47. to insert (an advertisement) in a newspaper, journal, etc Word origin C13: via Old French from Latin platēa courtyard, from Greek plateia, from platus broad; compare French plat flatWord Frequency Place(pleɪs) noun Francis. 1771–1854, British radical, who campaigned for the repeal (1824) of the Combination Acts, which forbade the forming of trade unions, and for parliamentary reform |
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