location
/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/noun
1
- a particular place or position地点：
the property is set in a convenient location.
这片房地产开发在一处交通便利的地方。
1.1
- an actual place or natural setting in which a film or broadcast is made, as distinct from a simulation in a studio（电影或电视拍摄时所取的）实景（以区别于布景）, 外景地：
the movie was filmed entirely on location.
这部电影整个都是实景拍摄的。
1.2
- mass noun the action or process of placing someone or something in a particular position设置, 安置：
the location of new housing beyond the existing built-up areas.
建在现有的建筑密集区之外的新住房地点安排。
1.3
- a position or address in computer memory（计算机内存里的）位置, 地址。
2
- S. African historical an area where black South Africans were obliged to live, usually on the outskirts of a town or city. The term was later replaced by township.〈南非, 史〉黑人规定居住区（多为市郊, 后该词被township代替）。
派生词
locational
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin locatio（n-）, from the verb locare （see LOCATE）.