locale

Word family

lo·cale /ləʊˈkɑːl $ loʊ-/ noun [countableC] formal

PLACEthe place where something happens or where the action takes place in a book or a film 〔书或电影中某事发生的〕地点，现场 SYN setting

people who see the countryside as a locale for recreation

把乡间视为娱乐消遣之地的人

Examples from the Corpus

locale• The North East was by 1914 a locale of a particularly organized capitalism.• As in La conjuracion de Venecia, each act corresponds to a set change within the same general locale.• The flavor of these birds tends to vary, owing mostly to differences in locale and diet rather than kinship.• Of course, Belfast isn't the only Northern locale where you catch good live music over the coming weeks.• Dominic said it was a fraudulent use of locale, a piece of charlatanism.• For reasons of privacy, there still can be no names mentioned or locales identified.• Malta is the perfect locale for the conference.

Origin locale

(1700-1800) French local (noun), from local (adjective); → LOCAL1

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 22664 COCA: 9800

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