
单词
longitude
音标
英 [ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd] 美 [ˈlɑːndʒɪtuːd]
翻译
n.
经度
例句
All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.
在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。
We were traveling due west and on January 11 we doubled Cape Wessel, located in longitude 135 degrees and latitude 10 degrees north, the western tip of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
我们一直往西开行,1月11日,我们走过了韦塞尔角,角在东经135度和南纬10度,是卡彭塔里亚海湾的东尖端。
In the case of the continental U.S., for example, the approximate distance between the West and East coasts is 2600 miles, equivalent to roughly 60 degrees of longitude. Thus, the continental U.S. ( not counting Alaska and Hawaii) has four time zones.
例如在美国大陆,东西海岸之间的距离约为2600英里,相当于横跨60度经度,因此美国大陆(不含阿拉斯加和夏威夷)共分为四个时区。






