place O-w /pleis/ noun,
verb
■ noun
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POSITION/POINT/AREA ft * ; ftfe 'M : K feA 1 [C] a
particular position, point or
area ft#; JtfeA; itfe
ft: Is this the place
where it happened?
4 ? O This would be a
good place for a picnic. f?#64£F iifefto 0 / can’t
be in two places at once, |£7!i
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CITY/TOWN/BUILDING : fg: 2 [C] a particular
city, town, building, etc. ) : I can’t
remember all the places we
visited in
7f|faft0
0 We were looking for a place to eat. ifcfiftjlft 7 ife64 Hb ft o o Let’s get out of
this place! flg fH ft
J
UE! 3 [C] (especially
in compounds or phrases ft ft 7 S ft is] iJc i®I ft.) a building or an area of land used for a particular purpose
ftA£ftM64Mi& ( 3St±Jfe ) : a meeting place finite * 0 The town has many
excellent eating places. 7llftft^7ft64lrtto 0 churches and other
places of worship 0 He can
usually be contacted at his place
of work, -^f£fPtLftftfe
flfjXft#fvJicf!Jltfeo
— see also resting place
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AREA ON SURFACE 4
[C] a particular area on a
surface, especially on a
person’s body ^ ® 64 ;
( ft
4b ) IBHe broke his arm in
three places, fife J]&]]$±ftft&]i##ro
0 The
paint was peeling off the wall in places. ifXft
ftft'/ft 7 0
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IN BOOK/SPEECH, ETC. 45, 5 [C] a point in a book,
speech, piece of music,
etc., especially one that sb has reached at a particular time f£; ft; %; (ft4§ )
64
( ) ^£ft/ She had marked her
place with a
bookmark.
MfEft^^ftiilfi^iffefto 0 Excuse me, I seem to have lost my place. At
7 ili, 7ft
WS
iTiTc
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SEAT Hft 6 [C] a position, seat,
etc., especially one that is available for or being used by a person or vehicle
( ftlt£ft^$#04 ) Jffift,
fta, ?6ft: Comeandsit here—I’ve saved
you a place. m it J »E „ m taW
K 7
7J®
fto OI
don’t want to lose my place in the line, m ft 7 S ft ft ]# PA 64
ft fi o 0 Would
you like to change places with me so you can see better?
#^jfS^c^7ft7 # % M i# $£ & ? 0 I’ve set a place for
you at the table.
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ROLE/IMPORTANCE # fe ;
.&!?& 7
[sing.] ~ (in sth) the
role or importance of
sb/sth in a particular situation, usually in relation to others ft;
itfeft; He is
assured of his place in
history.
fliBSfiSB^AE7ftJftft ± ft ^ — 0 ;£ o 0 Accurate reporting takes
second place to lurid detail. ?ft fit 64 ft it ft ^ ^ A t|lf H 65
Mlfo
<> My father believed that
people should know their place (= behave according to their social
position). fS<iAft, 0 It’s not your place
(=
your role) to give advice. 7 7 I!] iff
f#t fa „
b
Anecdotes have no place in (= are not acceptable
in) an academic essay.
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AT UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL 7ft 8 [C] an opportunity to
take part in sth, especially to study at a school or university or on a course 7^4/17;
iftflMifl^; A7£$ft: She’s been offered a place at
ifcfij E#r A7i^i8}44o b There
are very few places left on the course. W^«*7o
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IN SPORTS TEAM i^)PA
9
[C] the position of being a member of a sports team PA M If ft; PAftWfft She
has won a place in the Olympic team.
ME$f#JI;isft;^IIA64 IAjS $r4&0
o
He lost his place in the first team, fife ft A
7ft-&W*».
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CORRECT POSITION IE lift#
10
[C] the natural or correct position for sth ^ ft #; iS^ 64
itfeft:
Is there a place on the form to put your address?
^f£±^i|[^i{feiil:64?i! ft ? 0 Put it back in its
place when you’ve finished with it.
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SAFE AREA $^ftfeK 11 [C] (usually with a
negative it# fti^AEislftT!) a suitable or safe area for sb to be i§^ 64 ( sS/£::£64
) &L0T: These streets are no place for a child
to be out alone at
night.
i£#fijiI#7J§7f£7ft:i0]#44 ft64 iifefto
HOME
M 12 [sing.] a house or
flat/apartment; a person’s
1507
home : What about dinner at my place?
PJ
m
b I’m fed up with
living with my parents, so I’m looking for a place of my own. ##|0]ft7, J^IEft$-7S7llB64ft&o
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IN RACE/COMPETITION j£|f 13
[C, usually sing.] a position among the
winners of a race or competition ( MU: tt
He finished in third place, fife
f#7#H£0
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MATHEMATICS fit7 14
[C]
the position of a figure after a DECIMAL POINT ( 7
Wt. M Jfi 64 ) ft : The number is correct to three decimal places.
j&7f£ @
Hft^C0
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STREET/SQUARE #.jt; 15
Place [sing.] {abbr. PI.)
used as part of a name for
a short street or square ( ft
) :
^66^-
rm all over the place (BrE also all over the shop)
{US also all 'over the lot) (informal)
1 everywhere 3\ &h; #&h: New restaurants are appearing all
over the place. o
2 not neat or
tidy; not well organized
SSL; SUIT; Your
calculations are all over the
place
(= completely wrong), ft % f# — M IS tfc o change/swap 'places (with sb) (usually used in
negative sentences M#ffi7i§A£/Rj) to be in sb else’s situation ( ) ^C^ftfi,
ft: I’m perfectly
happy—I wouldn’t change places with anyone. S«7, il&SfSimifc£&ft*, fall/slot into 'place if sth complicated or
difficult to understand falls or slots into place, it becomes organized
or clear in your mind W $ ft 5 1# Wr; 3 iti A ^ give ' place to sb/sth (formal) to be replaced by
sb/sth ihft7; $ ••■ft # H771 give way to : Houses and
factories gave place to open fields as the train gathered speed. ®fe&7JfcMfnirj®Alt!?o
be 'going places to be getting more and
more successful in your life or career 7 7 J® M ; # M # M :
a young architect who’s really going places — ft#Mf#^64W#)i^[!lip if1l was/were in
'your place used
to introduce a piece of advice you are giving to sb^Jt&TfcD*; Hc^#ft64ftS: If
I were in your place, I’d resign immediately. Sc^flftBJ?,
^cf£5:BPS?IRo in the
'first place used
at the end of a sentence to talk about why sth was done or whether it should
have been done or not (#177JJ1, feji&Ji^jSm# ) %%, Mm, I still don’t under
stand why you chose that
name in the first place, mifj^ ft^^A/ft^^71i^7^7o 0 I should never have
taken that job in the first place.
IPftXfto
in
the 'first, second, etc. place used at the beginning
of a sentence to introduce the different points you are making in an argument ( 407^# ) % — , :
Well, in the first place he has all the
right qualifications. ^ ,
H' A, fife # 7“ ~* ftl # # 0 in 'my, ‘your, etc. place in my, your, etc.
situation &h.7 m ( J&ft^ ) 64Li<57 I wouldn’t like to be
in your place. 4S#7$tf&7ft64*iftfeo in 'place 1 (also into 'place) in the correct
position; ready for sth ftXfilftB; 7 : Carefully
lay each slab in place. ft 7 $7 b The receiver
had already clicked into place, njf M1764—# #C 0 Eft 7 o 2 working
or ready to work ft Ift; All
the arrangements are now in place
for their visit. . 3
(NAmE)
= on
the spot(3) at spot n. in place of sb/sth | in sb’s/sth’s 'place instead of sb/sth ft#;
M W : You can use milk in place of cream in this recipe. lill^Te# b He was unable to come to the ceremony, but he
sent his son to accept the award in his place. fM^7fifeJL7lu^ftflfe^
out of
place 1 not in the correct
place ftfi7 ^: Some of these files seem to be out of place, ft #f^ ^
fl^7i!£$C)ftitfeAc 2 not suitable
for a particular situation 7f#ft; 7iS^: Her remarks were out of place. ftfe 7 W 7 ^ o 0 I felt completely out of place among all
these successful people. ^ftii##ikftJ^64A7f0],
a
place in the 'sun a position in which you are comfortable or have an
advantage over other people ftA'JMft; R put yourself
in sb
else’s/sb’s 'place to imagine that you are in sb else’s situation
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