| 释义 |
site
I. \ˈsīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French site, from Latin situs position, place, site, from situs, past participle of sinere to leave, let go, lay, place; akin to Latin serere to plant, sow — more at sow
1.
a. obsolete : the original or fixed position of a thing
< wisdom of God in the site and motion of the sun — Sir Thomas Browne >
b. obsolete : attitude, posture
< fixed in melancholy site, with head declined — James Thomson †1748 >
2.
a. : the local position of building, town, monument, or similar work either constructed or to be constructed especially in connection with its surroundings
< how Oxford and Cambridge in particular came to be chosen for sites — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
< suitable site for a factory >
< his structural solutions and his great sense of site — Lincoln Kirstein >
b. : a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building
< offered the city a library … if the city would provide a site — American Guide Series: Maryland >
c. : land made suitable for building purposes by dividing into lots, laying out streets, and providing facilities (as water, sewers, power supply)
< desirable corner sites are available >
< waterfront sites for summer cottages >
3. : the scene of an action
< battle site >
< site of the murder >
< site of an auto collision >
or specified activity
< mining site >
< picnic site >
< launching site for a rocket >
< choosing a site for a convention >
< site of a bone fracture >
4. : a place where a group of remains of prehistoric human occupation is or has been located
< a burial site >
< a village site >
< excavations at a site >
5. : the situation of a growing plant with respect to all the environmental factors (as climate, soil, drainage, other plant and animal life) affecting growth
6. : the angle between the horizontal and a line joining the base of a target and a firing piece
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to provide with a site : locate
< hotel magnificently sited on a headland — Mitchell Goodman >
< the camp kitchen should be sited so that the breeze will not blow smoke into the cook's face — R.H.Graves >
2. : to put (artillery) in position so as to be able to perform a specific mission
< site a machine gun >
III. noun
: one or more Internet addresses at which an individual or organization provides information to others ; especially : web site herein |