【place音标】 英[pleɪs] 美[pleɪs]
【单词释义】 place是什么意思：
n.位；位置；地方；地点；职位；座位
vt.放置；安置；安顿；获名次；投资；评价
vi.得名次；名列前茅；[美][赛马]得第二名；准确把…推到预定地点
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] places [第三人称单数] places
[单词现在分词] placing
[单词过去式] placed
[单词过去分词] placed
【place形近词/近似词】
race v.(和…)比赛;参加比赛; n.种，种族；（速度）比赛
pace n.[U]步速；步伐；[C]一步 v.踱步；步测；调整步调
trace v. 查出，发现；跟踪，追踪；追溯 n. 痕迹，遗迹，踪迹；微量
peace n.[U,C]和平；安静；平静
lace n.蕾丝；网眼织品；鞋带 v.以系带系紧；给（鞋、靴等）穿鞋带；给（书、讲话等）润色
grimace n.鬼脸，怪相；痛苦的表情 vi.扮怪相，做鬼脸
face n.脸；面容 v.面对
【常用短语】
in place 适当，适当的；在恰当的位置
in place of 代替
in the first place 首先；起初
out of place 不合适的；不相称的；不在适当的位置
place a bet 下注
take place 发生；举行
take the place 代替
take the place of 代替
【单词例句】
◇ A year later, the two old rivals in the old place again. The lion roared: "glitzier, let's!" The tiger silent nod.
一年后，两位老对手又在老地方比赛。狮子吼道：“手下败将，咱们来比吧！”老虎一声不响地点点头。
---- The Tiger And Lion
◇ Son of Aphrodite by Ares,he took his place among the small gods of Olympus.
他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子，是一位小奥林波斯山神。
---- Eros(Cupid)
◇ The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidon build up the walls of Troy.
当他帮助波塞冬建造特洛伊城墙时,里拉琴奏出的音乐如此动听，以致石头有节奏地、自动地各就其位。
---- Apollo
◇ Previously, only the male peacock's habitat in the mountains every time, always a good one can first choose a place to hide the tail, and then again placed in other parts of the body.
早先，这只雄孔雀每逢在山里栖息的时候，总是要首先选择好一个能掩藏尾羽的地方，然后再来安置身体的其他部位。
---- The Peacock
◇ Then the devil came to him. He still wanted to harm the pious queen, and he took the letter, putting in its place one that stated that the queen had brought a changeling into the world.
再说那个恶魔一直想伤害好心的王后。这时，他将另一封信放进信使的口袋里，上面说王后生了一个妖怪。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ "I really want to give you something…the only thing left is my dying roots." The tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied.
“我真的想把一切都给你……我唯一剩下的东西是快要死去的树墩。” 树含着眼泪说。“现在，我不需要什么东西，只需要一个地方来休息。经过了这些年我太累了。”男孩答到。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be, and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it.
我想要个妻，帮我洗衣、烫衣、添置新衣，屋子收拾得井井有条，东西摆放有序，否则我随时想要东西哪里去寻。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ My father continued to walk alongside her as he always had. Two people who had stood together against all odds. My mother orphaned at a young age and moved place to place. My father the youngest of nine in a family hurt with poverty.
父亲一如既往地走在母亲的身旁，如同二人昔日承受所有的患难。母亲幼年时就成了孤儿，四处漂流；父亲兄弟姊妹九个，也曾饱受贫困之苦。
---- To Love Enough
◇ Like Muir, those of us who stand along the rim are prompted to wonder about the unearthliness and the forces that created and are still changing this place
和缪尔一样，站在大峡谷边缘的人们顿时对这里的超凡脱俗，对那种创造并仍在改变这个地方的神奇力量感到惊奇。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ We spend more than a third of our lives in bed - but that place can quickly blossom into a "botanical park" of bacteria and fungus, according to New York University microbiologist Philip Tierno.
纽约大学的微生物学家菲利普•缇艾诺指出，我们有超过三分之一的人生都是在床上度过的，而我们的床可以迅速发展成细菌和真菌的“植物园”。