the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, measured in degrees 经度 the longitude of the island 那座岛的经度
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc1The town is at longitude 28° west. 这个镇位于西经 28 度。 He tried to find out how a ship at sea could determine its longitude. 他试图弄清海上船只如何才能测定出所在位置的经度。 This line of longitude cuts through the jungle. 这条经线穿过丛林地带。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + longitude- calculate
- determine
- at (a) longitude
- a line of longitude
Word Originlate Middle English (also denoting length and tallness): from Latin longitudo, from longus ‘long’.