locate是什么意思（locate的用法）

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一、locate是什么意思

1、locate 定位

2、来自locus,地点，-ate,动词后缀。引申词义定位。

二、locate的用法

1、locate (v.)

2、1650s, "to establish oneself in a place, settle," from Latin locatus, past participle of locare "to place, put, set, dispose, arrange," from locus "a place" (see locus). Sense of "mark the limits of a place" (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in American English; this developed to "establish (something) in a place" (1807) and "to find out the place of" (1882, American English). Related: Located; locating.

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