longitude
longitude — 名詞
- longitudesingular
- longitudesplural
1. an angular measurement, given in degrees (°), that shows a location's east-west
經度
地球東西方向的座標，以度數表示
an angular measurement, given in degrees (°), that shows a location's east-west position on Earth relative to the prime meridian—the imaginary north-south line that passes through Greenwich, England.
The longitude of Tokyo is about 139.7 degrees east.
東京的經度大約是東經139.7度。
longitude + of + place
On the map, Iker found the longitude and latitude marked along the edges.
Iker 在地圖上看到經度和緯度標示在邊緣。
paired with latitude
Eighteenth-century sailors struggled to calculate their longitude while at sea.
18 世紀的水手在海上很難計算出自己所在的經度。
collocation: calculate longitude
The museum display explained how lines of longitude help divide the world into time zones.
博物館的展覽說明了經線如何幫助劃分世界時區。
collocation: lines of longitude
Selim entered the city's longitude into his GPS before driving across the desert.
Selim 在開車穿越沙漠前，將那座城市的經度輸入GPS。
- lines of longitude
- degrees of longitude
- east/west longitude
- calculate longitude
- determine longitude
- at a longitude of
- longitude and latitude
- by longitude
- meridian
refers to a specific line of longitude, not the measurement itself
文法句型
longitude + of + place
at/on + (a) + longitude
用法筆記
Longitude is almost always paired with latitude to give a full position. Always include east (E) or west (W) after the degree value — 35° without E or W is ambiguous.
常見錯誤
同根字
- longitudinal形容詞B2
- longitudinally副詞C1
常見搭配
常用片語
- lines of longitude
- degrees of longitude
- longitude and latitude
- at a longitude of