| 单词 | local |
| 释义 | local (once / 57 pages) 1adjn 2adjn The adjective local describes something related a specific place. The potholes on a certain street in Pringle, Pennsylvania, might merit a story in the local newspaper. Locate, location, locale — they all look and sound like local thanks to the Latin root locus, which means "place." Something that's local is limited to a specific place, like a particular neighborhood or city. Local also can describe places that aren't, well, places — they're more like areas. For example, a dentist might administer a local anesthetic to numb your mouth when filling a cavity. That means the anesthetic acts only on a specific area of the body. WORD FAMILYlocal: localise, localism, locality, localize, locally, locals+/delocalize: delocalized/localisation: localisations/localise: localisation, localised, localises, localising/localism: localisms/locality: localities/localization: localizations/localize: delocalize, localization, localized, localizes, localizing USAGE EXAMPLESHe provided more goofy celebrations and retained composure every time his slightest mistake became a local crisis. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Months after the primary, tensions were still running high when Taylor’s campaign manager tried to join the local GOP committee in Forbes’s stronghold of Chesapeake. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) By Monday evening, Brazilian media, citing local police, put the number of dead between 50 and 80. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood local customs local schools the local citizens a local point of view local outbreaks of flu a local bus line 2adj relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area local taxes local authorities Ant national concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country federalnational; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units 3n public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops 2the local seemed to take forever to get to New York Ant|Hyper express, limited public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops public transport conveyance for passengers or mail or freight 1adj affecting only a restricted part or area of the body local anesthesia Syn|Ant localised, localized confined or restricted to a particular location topicalpertaining to the surface of a body part general affecting the entire body systemicaffecting an entire system 2n anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body Syn|Hypo|Hyper local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic anesthyl a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic antipruritica substance that relieves or prevents itching benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoatea white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic butacaine, butacaine sulfatea white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic ethyl chloridea colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic Lidocaine, Xylocainea local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes Ethocaine, procainea white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine tetracainea crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic Novocain, novocaine, procaine hydrochlorideprocaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain) anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations |
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