latitude

英 [ˈlætɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈlætɪtuːd]

n.  纬度; 纬度地区; 选择(做什么事或做事方式)的自由

复数：latitudes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10209 / COCA.7992

牛津词典

noun

• 纬度
  the distance of a place north or south of the equator (= the line around the world dividing north and south) , measured in degrees
• 纬度地区
  a region of the world that is a particular distance from the equator
  1. the northern latitudes
     北纬地区
• 选择（做什么事或做事方式）的自由
  freedom to choose what you do or the way that you do it

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 纬度
  Thelatitudeof a place is its distance from the equator.
  1. In the middle to high latitudes rainfall has risen steadily over the last 20-30 years.
     在过去二三十年里，中高纬度地区的降雨量持续增加。
  2. Latitudeis also an adjective.
     
  3. The army must cease military operations above 36 degrees latitude north.
     在北纬36度以北地区，军队必须停止军事行动。
• N-UNCOUNT 选择的自由；回旋余地
  Latitudeis freedom to choose the way in which you do something.
  1. He would be given every latitude in forming a new government...
     他将可以不受任何限制地组建新政府。
  2. His status at the studio afforded him all the artistic latitude he could ask for.
     他在创作室的地位让他可以在艺术上自由探索。

英英释义

noun

• scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought
• the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
• an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  Synonym:line of latitudeparallel of latitudeparallel
• freedom from normal restraints in conduct
  1. the new freedom in movies and novels
  2. allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money

双语例句

• Latitude and longitude numbers have a reasonable upper and lower bound for North America.
  对于北美而言，经度和纬度数字有一个合理的上下限。
• We assumed longitude and latitude.
  我们假设是经度和纬度。
• His status at the studio afforded him all the artistic latitude he could ask for.
  他在创作室的地位让他可以在艺术上自由探索。
• Don't make rigid restrictions; allow a certain latitude.
  不要限得太死，要有点灵活性。
• A simple regular expression is used to extract the latitude and longitude from the XML.
  使用简单的正则表达式从XML提取纬度和经度。
• Sea of japan. they're giving longitude and latitude.
  日本海，他们在给经度和纬度。
• He would be given every latitude in forming a new government
  他将可以不受任何限制地组建新政府。
• The latitude and longitude system is probably the best known way to designate geographic coordinates.
  经纬度系统可能是最为人熟知的地理坐标设计方法。
• A map canvas is created using the longitude and latitude that the API returns.
  然后它会使用API返回的经度和纬度创建一个地图画布。
• This anomaly may result from increases in snowfall in the higher latitude and therefore colder karakorams, where snow and ice are less vulnerable to small temperature increases.
  这种反常现象也许可以解释为：喀拉昆仑山脉地处高纬度地区，那里的降雪量在增加，气温也更冷，冰川受全球变暖的影响较小。