单词 | site |
释义 | site, Outdoor Constructionsite1 /saɪt/ ●●● S1 W2 AWL noun [countableC] → sight, cite1 PLACEa place where something important or interesting happened 〔发生过重要或有意思的事件的〕场所,地方,地点 an archaeological site 考古现场 site of ► see thesaurus at place The house is built on the site of a medieval prison. 这幢房子建在一座中世纪监狱的遗址上。 the site of the air crash 飞机失事的地点 2 TBCan area of ground where something is being built or will be built 〔建筑的〕工地,用地 site of/for the site of a proposed missile base 拟建导弹基地的选址 a site for a new airport 用于建造新机场的一块地皮 building/construction site He managed to get himself a job on a building site. 他好不容易在建筑工地上找了一份工作。 3 DLOa place that is used for a particular purpose 〔作某种用途的〕场所,场地 a camping site 营地 site of/for a nesting site for birds 鸟类筑巢地 4. a website 网站 5 on site at the place where people work, study, or stay 在现场〔在人们工作、学习或逗留的地方〕 There’s a bar, restaurant, and gym on site. 内有酒吧、餐馆和健身房。 Examples from the Corpus on site• An engineer will be on site to supervise the construction. n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1,2 & 3 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + site an archaeological site Archaeological sites are often discovered by accident. a historic site There are numerous historic sites to visit. an ancient site The organization maintains and restores ancient sites, castles, monuments etc. a sacred site (=a place that is important in a religion) Ayers Rock is the most sacred site of the Aborigines. a burial site A Bronze Age burial site has been discovered. the crash site (=where a plane etc crashed) Wreckage was seen 200 metres away from the crash site. a bomb site (=where a bomb has exploded) the bomb sites of war-torn London a building/construction site He has worked on various building sites. a greenfield site British EnglishBrE (=a piece of land that has never been built on) We want to shift the balance of housing development from greenfield to brownfield sites. a brownfield site British EnglishBrE (=a piece of land that has been built on before) The majority of the houses will be built on brownfield sites. a camp/camping site First they had to look for a camp site. a caravan site British EnglishBrE: A well-run caravan site near the river brings holidaymakers into the village. a landfill site (=where rubbish is buried) Recycling reduces the volume of waste which goes into landfill sites. an industrial site (=where factories are) The area is to be redeveloped as an industrial site. a missile site There were photos of a missile site under construction. a nesting site Normally the male swan won’t let other swans near his nesting site. Examples from the Corpus site• The town has purchased a site on Villa Avenue for the new library.• As I mentioned in my recent phone call the best site for it is the Mill Yard, as last year.• Mobile phone calls have to be routed through a cell site, and telephones search for the nearest site with available capacity.• a construction site• Green fences were put up around the construction site.• a historical site• All were suggested as possible sites for travellers.• A home for the elderly will be built on the site of the old hospital.• The first chapel of the Independents was built on the site in 1705.• And there are costs with running the site.• The looms were used in local cottages, and warehouses occupied much of this site.• Most of our rubbish goes to sites like this one at Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire. site of• the site of a Civil War battle building/construction site• This seems to them more like a building site than a City office.• Who wan na haul bricks on a construction site for a dollar and a quarter an hour?• Empty building sites have been reclaimed and replanted.• On farms, building sites, in factories and hospitals there are dangers to be understood and avoided.• All over the city are huge building sites where the sun pours into vast craters.• Moreover, the company establishes mobile child-care units to assist workers in its construction sites.• Over the years these walkabouts have led to a stream of inventions that now pepper construction sites all over the city.• They walked along the tall wooden fence that cut the construction site off from the avenue. site of/for• In many ways the Settlement movement of the 1880s and 1890s provided test sites for these initiatives.• Gloucester is being used as a testing site for radar ground probing.• Shipbuilding had always been important to Saltash, which was chosen as the site for a Royal Naval base and dockyard.• We cooked our dinner and departed to the bar on the site for a last night celebration.• Through town towards the site of the Fourth of July celebrations.• During his childhood, the area was the site of several tanning factories which emptied their waste products into the River Bievre.• And I have recently started using my web site for posting brief responses to papers that discuss my work. site2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT] PLACEto place or build something in a particular place 为…选址;使坐落于 be sited in/on/at/near etc something Some of this new housing has been sited in inner city areas. 这些新住房有些选址在内城区。 n Grammar Site is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus site• First, the space available for siting the greenhouse.• Do check on wind direction when siting your barbecue. be sited in/on/at/near etc something• And the supermarket Jacques had mentioned was sited on the outskirts of town, she discovered.• In June 1990, the Bundestag determined that the bank should be sited in Frankfurt.• In the meantime, it is essential that the collection is sited in a room where adequate supervision can be exercised.• It is sited in the middle of the city, surrounded by residential and commercial development.• It was no accident that a good many towns were sited on the borderline between arable farming and pastoral regions.• The Soviet Union also provided a small experimental nuclear reactor, which was sited at Yongbyon.• The water mill was sited at Mill beck and it continued in use until the 1860s. From Longman Business Dictionary sitesite1 /saɪt/ noun [countableC] 1PROPERTYan area of ground that is used or is going to be used for a particular purpose On any building site, falling is the most frequent type of accident. The Sunnyvale City Council last week approved a 186-unit apartment complex on the 4.5 acre site. Solectron employs 2,200 people at sites in San Jose and Milpitas. 2COMPUTINGa WEBSITE (=place on the Internet where you can find information about something) → destination sitesitesite2 verb be sited in/near etcPROPERTY be placed or built in a particular area The new factory is to be sited in Fort Collins. —siting noun [singular] The siting of electricity facilities and their emissions to the atmosphere both raise questions that are becoming more difficult to resolve. (1300-1400) Old French Latin situs, from sinere “to leave, put” |
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