local
US: /ˈɫoʊkəɫ/
UK: /lˈəʊkəl/
UK: /lˈəʊkəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
local /'loukəl/
- tính từ
- địa phương
- local authorities: nhà đương cục địa phương
- local time: giờ địa phương
- local colour: (văn học) màu sắc địa phương
- local government: chính quyền địa phương
- bộ phận, cục bộ
- local war: chiến tranh cục bộ
- (toán học) (thuộc) quỹ tích
- địa phương
- danh từ
- người dân địa phương; người làm nghề tự do ở địa phương; người giảng đạo ở địa phương
- tin tức địa phương
- xe lửa địa phương
- tem địa phương
- đội thể thao (bóng đá, bóng chuyền...) địa phương
- (số nhiều) kỳ thi địa phương
- (thông tục) trụ sở, công quán
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective [usually before noun]
1 belonging to or connected with the particular place or area that you are talking about or with the place where you live: a local farmer / hairdresser + A local man was accused of the murder. + Our children go to the local school. + a local newspaper (= one that gives local news) + local radio (= a radio station that broadcasts to one area only) + decisions made at local rather than national level + It was difficult to understand the local dialect.
2 affecting only one part of the body: Her tooth was extracted under local anaesthetic.
locally adverb: to advertise / shop / work locally + Do you live locally (= in this area)? + locally grown fruit
+ noun
1 [usually pl.] a person who lives in a particular place or district: The locals are very friendly. + She's beginning to sound like one of the locals.
2 (BrE, informal) a pub near where you live: I called in at my local on the way home.
3 (AmE) a branch of a trade union
4 (AmE) a bus or train that stops at all places on the route
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 neighbourhood, neighbouring, nearby, close by; adjoining:
She works for a local butcher. The law affects only the local area
2 provincial, regional, district, state, county, shire, municipal, city, town, village, neighbourhood; restricted, limited, specific, particular, peculiar:
Clean water is a general, not a local problem.
n.
3 resident, native, townsman, townswoman, townsperson:
The locals all voted against the proposition.
4 neighbourhood pub:
He stopped in at his local on the way home.
Concise English dictionary
locals'ləʊkl
noun
+public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
+anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
adj.
+relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
+of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
+affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
