Word · Frequency #191
locals
本地人；当地居民
locals is the plural of local.
a person who lives in a particular place
- 1.
A person who lives in or near a given place.
本地居民
- 2.
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
站站停的公共交通工具
- 3.
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
全国性组织的地方分支
- 4.
anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
局部麻醉剂
- 5.
A locally scoped identifier.
局部作用域标识符
- 6.
An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.
自营交易员
慢车；站站停的公交；地方分会；当地支部；局部麻醉剂；局部变量；局部标识符；自营商；独立交易商
In use
The locals were very friendly and gave us directions.
I asked a local for the best place to eat.
The festival is organized by locals who want to celebrate their culture.
the local seemed to take forever to get to New York
take a local
指每站都停的火车或公交车。
I took a local to the airport.
我乘慢车去了机场。
catch a local
Catch a local if you have time.
如果你有时间，就乘慢车。
use a local
指局部麻醉剂。
Connections
Collocations
- catch the local
- 赶上慢车
- If we hurry, we can still catch the local.如果我们快点，还能赶上那趟慢车。
- take the local
- 乘坐慢车
- I prefer to take the local because it's cheaper.我更喜欢坐慢车，因为更便宜。
- local train
- 区间火车
- The local train stops at every station.区间火车每站都停。
- local bus
- 区间公交车
- The local bus runs every twenty minutes.区间公交车每二十分钟一班。
- miss the local
- 错过慢车
- If we don't leave now, we'll miss the local.如果现在不走，我们就会错过慢车。
- ride the local
Learner notes
Memory Tip
local 发音像‘老客’，想象一位‘老客’乘坐每站都停的慢车。
Context & Register
Neutral register, used in public transportation contexts (e.g., train or bus that stops at all stations). 注意：此处'local'作为名词多用于指代慢车或区间车，常见于通勤场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
vocal 和 focal 与 local 押韵（结尾 /oʊkəl/）。social, special, chemical, physical 拼写相似但发音不同（结尾分别为 /ʃəl/, /ʃəl/, /ɪkəl/, /ɪkəl/）。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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