location

place, position, spot, situation, site, location, locality, setting, scene

名词 location:

1. a point or extent in space
2. the act of putting something in a certain place
   同义词：placement, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
3. a determination of the place where something is
   同义词：localization, localisation, locating, fix
4. a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made

1. A list of railroad cars according to owner and location.
   列车编组顺序单有关列车车厢的以货主和地点为顺序而编排的清单
2. A place or location.
   地点位置或方位
3. He indicated the location of the Persian Gulf with a pen on the map.
   他用一支笔在地图上标出了波斯湾的位置。
4. The town is a good location for a young doctor.
   这个小镇很适宜于一位青年医生安家。

lo.ca.tion

n.（名词）
The act or process of locating.
定位：定位的行为或过程
A place where something is or could be located; a site.
地点：某物所在或可在的地方；地点
A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot:
外景拍摄地：一个用于拍摄电影的部分或全部并远离摄影棚的地方：
例句：
filming a Western on location in the Mexican desert.
在墨西哥沙漠外景地拍摄一部西部片

A tract of land that has been surveyed and marked off.
已分土地：已经被测量或划分的一大片土地

来源：
Latin loc3tiô loc3tiôn- [a placing]
拉丁语 loc3tiô loc3tiôn- [放置]
from loc3tus [past participle of] loc3re [to place] * see locate
源自 loc3tus [] loc3re的过去分词 [放，安置] *参见 locate

【引伸】
loca.tional
adj.（形容词）