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

• Position of the sun which varies with time of the year, time of the day and the latitude.
  太阳的位置，这随每日和每年不同的时间及纬度的高低而变化。
• 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。
• The expansions of conformal latitude in map projection are studied in this paper.
  对地图投影学中经常遇到的等量纬度正反解展开式进行了新的研究。
• This precision-tradeoff approach often captures latitude and longitude into ( Cartesian) tiers.
  这种在精确度上采取折衷的方法通常将纬度和经度封装到层中。
• This city is close to the fortieth parallel of North latitude.
  这个城市靠近北纬40度。
• Severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean;
  严寒低温随纬度、海拔和距海洋远近的不同而不同。
• Sea of japan. they're giving longitude and latitude.
  日本海，他们在给经度和纬度。
• 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。
• The result is that this web service will return the longitude and latitude of the input address.
  最后此Web服务将返回输入地址的经度和纬度。
• Any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude.
  根据气候和纬度大概划分的地理带中的任何一个。