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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   place

   • IPA[plās]

   美式

   • n.
     a particular position or point in space；a particular point on a larger surface or in a larger object or area
   • v.
     put in a particular position；cause to be in a particular situation

   • verb: place, 3rd person present: places, gerund or present participle: placing, past tense: placed, past participle: placed

   • noun: place, plural noun: places

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a particular position or point in space the monastery was a peaceful place that street was no place for a lady 同義詞 location, site, spot, scene, setting, ... 更多position, point, situation, area, region, whereabouts, locale, venue, technicallocus, town, city, village, hamlet, country, state, area, region, locality, district, neighborhood, quarter, section, literaryclime
   • ▪ a particular point on a larger surface or in a larger object or area I cut my hand in three places
   • ▪ a building or area used for a specified purpose or activity the town has many excellent eating places
   • ▪ informal a person's home what about dinner at my place? 同義詞 home, house, apartment, a roof over one's head, accommodation, ... 更多establishment, property, rooms, quarters, lodgings, pied-à-terre, flat, informalpad, digs, gaff, formalresidence, abode, dwelling, dwelling place, domicile, habitation
   • ▪ a point in a book or other text reached by a reader at a particular time I must have lost my place in the script
   • 2. a portion of space available or designated for or being used by someone they hurried to their places at the table he was watching from his place across the room 同義詞 seat, chair, position, space
   • ▪ a vacancy or available position she won a place to study German at the university 同義詞 job, day job, position, post, appointment, ... 更多situation, office, employment, informalberth, archaicemploy
   • ▪ the regular or proper position of something lay each slab in place
   • ▪ a person's rank or status occupation structures a person's place in society 同義詞 status, position, station, standing, grade, ... 更多rank, footing, niche, datedestate
   • ▪ a right or privilege resulting from someone's role or position I'm sure she has a story to tell, but it's not my place to ask 同義詞 responsibility, duty, job, task, role, ... 更多function, part, concern, affair, mission, charge, right, privilege, prerogative
   • ▪ the role played by or importance attached to someone or something in a particular context the place of computers in improving office efficiency varies between companies
   • 3. a position in a sequence or series, typically one ordered on the basis of merit his score left him in ninth place
   • ▪ a position in a contest his score was good enough to leave him in ninth place
   • ▪ British any of the first three or sometimes four positions in a race (used especially of the second, third, or fourth positions).
   • ▪ North American the second position, especially in a horse race.
   • ▪ the degree of priority given to something accurate reportage takes second place to lurid detail
   • ▪ the position of a figure in a series indicated in decimal or similar notation, especially one after the decimal point calculate the ratios to one decimal place
   • 4. (in place names) a square or a short street our new restaurant is in Hilliard Place
   • ▪ a country house with its grounds.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. put in a particular position a newspaper had been placed beside my plate 同義詞 put down, put, set, set down, lay down, ... 更多deposit, position, plant, rest, stand, sit, settle, station, situate, leave, stow, prop, lean, arrange, set out, array, informalstick, dump, bung, park, plonk, pop, plunk
   • ▪ cause to be in a particular situation enemy officers were placed under arrest you are not placing yourself under any obligation
   • ▪ used to express the attitude someone has toward someone or something I am not able to place any trust in you 同義詞 put, lay, set, pin, invest
   • ▪ used to indicate the degree of advantage or convenience enjoyed by someone or something as a result of their position or circumstances the company is well placed to seize the opportunity
   • 2. find a home or employment for the children were placed with foster parents the agency had placed 3,000 people in full-time jobs 同義詞 find employment for, find a job for, find a home for, accommodate, find accommodation for, ... 更多allocate, assign, appoint
   • ▪ dispose of (something, especially shares) by selling to a customer the shares were placed last November
   • ▪ arrange for the recognition and implementation of (an order, bet, etc.) they placed a contract for three boats
   • ▪ order or obtain a connection for (a phone call) through an operator she placed a call to her husband to break the news
   • 3. identify or classify as being of a specified type or as holding a specified position in a sequence or hierarchy a survey placed the company 13th for achievement 同義詞 rank, order, put in order, grade, group, ... 更多arrange, sort, class, classify, categorize, put, set, assign
   • ▪ remember where one has seen or how one comes to recognize (someone or something) she eventually said she couldn't place him 同義詞 identify, recognize, remember, put one's finger on, put a name to, ... 更多pin down, locate, pinpoint
   • ▪ British achieve a specified position in a race he was placed eleventh in the long individual race
   • ▪ be among the first three in a race (or the first three or four in the UK) he won three times and placed three times

   片語

   • all over the place
   • give place to
   • go places
   • in place
   • in place of
   • keep someone in their place
   • out of place
   • place in the sun
   • put oneself in someone's place
   • put someone in their place
   • take place
   • take one's place
   • take the place of