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Latitude N Late 14c Sense Lætitju:D N.言行自由;纬度 英

单词 latitude
音标 ['lætitju:d]
解释 n.言行自由;纬度
红宝书 【英】 n. 言行自由(freedom of opinion, conduct, or action)
【记】 lati(阔)+tude→纬度 ;
【同】 参考:latifoliate( 阔叶的)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 n. (从正常的压抑中得到的)言行自由; 纬度
【记】lati宽度, tude-纬度, 引申为自由很宽.
【反】strict limitation(严格的限制); tightly restrained(严格的限制); constraint(n 约束)
趣味全助记 【记】lati- 边的 + itude 状态,由边到边→宽;altitude 是海拔高度,latitude是地球纬度,attitude是人的态度
【相关】altitude (海拔)高度, 高处,(等级,地位等)高等,latitude 纬度, 范围, 行动或言论的自由(范围),attitude 姿势, 态度, 看法, 意见

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