Place

(noun.) an abstract mental location; 'he has a special place in my thoughts'; 'a place in my heart'; 'a political system with no place for the less prominent groups'.

(noun.) the passage that is being read; 'he lost his place on the page'.

(noun.) an item on a list or in a sequence; 'in the second place'; 'moved from third to fifth position'.

(noun.) any area set aside for a particular purpose; 'who owns this place?'; 'the president was concerned about the property across from the White House'.

(noun.) a general vicinity; 'He comes from a place near Chicago'.

(noun.) a particular situation; 'If you were in my place what would you do?'.

(noun.) proper or designated social situation; 'he overstepped his place'; 'the responsibilities of a man in his station'; 'married above her station'.

(noun.) proper or appropriate position or location; 'a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen'.

(verb.) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; 'Jerry came in third in the Marathon'.

(verb.) to arrange for; 'place a phone call'; 'place a bet'.

(verb.) sing a note with the correct pitch.

(verb.) finish second or better in a horse or dog race; 'he bet $2 on number six to place'.

(verb.) place somebody in a particular situation or location; 'he was placed on probation'.

(verb.) assign to (a job or a home).

(verb.) identify the location or place of; 'We localized the source of the infection'.

(verb.) estimate; 'We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.'.

埃塞雷德编辑

• The understanding of the place of theory in life is a comparatively new one. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• In this place is an altar dedicated to St. Dimas, the penitent thief. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Is there really such a place? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I asked at once that Sigel might be relieved, and some one else put in his place. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They have been looking at the house in St. Peter's Place, next to Mr. Hackbutt's; it belongs to him, and he is putting it nicely in repair. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You perceive several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more shallow mark of the front one. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Go before me and show me all those dreadful places. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And the only way he could get to know anatomy as he did, was by going to snatch bodies at night, from graveyards and places of execution. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• A brilliant liter ary man of the present day considers that places in the first ranks of literature are reserved for the doctrinally heterodox. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• You have not come up to London, of all places in the world, to tell us that, my dear Sir, have you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Oh, what a trust is to be placed in that man's hands to-morrow! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• To obtain a true photograph, the negative is placed on a piece of sensitive photographic paper, or paper coated with a silver salt in the same manner as the plate and films. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• If a close coil of wire is suspended between the poles of a strong horseshoe magnet, it will not assume any characteristic position but will remain wherever placed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Nothing in my powers or instinct placed me amongst this brave band. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Placing one end of my harness strap in his hands I lowered him quickly to the ground below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The only independent one among them, he warned her that she was doing too much for this man, and was placing herself too unreservedly in his power. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Byllesby and the late Luther Stieringer, was completed and in operation within six weeks after the placing of the order. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The draught is maintained by placing the apparatus on a couple of bricks, and regulated by closing the intervening space with mud, leaving only a sufficient aperture to keep the fire burning. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Then placing the boat at one end of the trough, the weight would draw it through the water to the other. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Hor Vastus, I said, placing my hand upon his shoulder, you know best the promptings of your own heart. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Artificial floating islands have been formed by placing lake mud on rafts of wicker-work covered with reeds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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