Latitude

(noun.) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction.

(noun.) the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself.

(noun.) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.

(noun.) freedom from normal restraints in conduct; 'the new freedom in movies and novels'; 'allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money'.

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• I have not got the ship's journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Our first plan had been to quit our wintry native latitude, and seek for our diminished numbers the luxuries and delights of a southern climate. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• By an observation, we found ourselves in the latitude of 30 degrees 2 minutes south. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Beyond the irregular carpet of grass was a row of white palings, which marked the verge of the heath in this latitude. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The captain having been at Tonquin, was, in his return to England, driven north-eastward to the latitude of 44 degrees, and longitude of 143. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The 23d of June, 1862, on the road from La Grange to Memphis was very warm, even for that latitude and season. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Give some much younger woman the latitude as to dress that she has, being married; and we would see about that, my dear! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude, and geographical position, acting with natural temperament. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Seamen say the nautilus is only found in these waters between the 35th and 45th parallels of latitude. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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