locus

英 [ˈləʊkəs]

美 [ˈloʊkəs]

n.  (某事发生的)确切地点; (被视为某物的)中心，核心

GRE

BNC.10723 / COCA.9490

牛津词典

noun

• （某事发生的）确切地点；（被视为某物的）中心，核心
  the exact place where sth happens or which is thought to be the centre of sth

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （发生）地点；核心；中心
  Thelocus ofsomething is the place where it happens or the most important area or point with which it is associated.
  1. Barcelona is the locus of Spanish industry...
     巴塞罗那是西班牙工业中心。
  2. Thereafter, the military remained the locus of real power.
     自此之后，军方一直掌握着实权。

英英释义

noun

• the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
  1. the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle
• the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
• the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
  Synonym:venuelocale

双语例句

• Each fringe is the locus of all points in the film for which the optical thickness is a constant.
  每一个条纹就是膜上一切光学厚度为常数的点的轨迹。
• Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium ( HWD) measures that do not depend on marker allele frequencies have been proposed using dense markers to fine map a quantitative trait locus ( QTL).
  使用紧密相邻的标记位点且与标记基因频率无关的哈迪-温伯格不平衡（HWD）指数被用来对数量性状位点（QTL）进行精细定位。
• In this paper, we present the principle and application of a locus generator.
  提出了一种新型轨迹发生器的原理及用途。
• Create a web-enabled script that given a locus link ID returns all the gene polymorphisms, OMIM citations associated with that gene.
  建立一个web上使用的、一个地点链接的ID的脚本，可得到所有的基因多态、和那些基因相关的OMIM引文。
• It has shared alleles at every locus with the male sample.
  和那位男性有着等位基因。
• The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.
  结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。
• Locus heterogeneity& The production of identical phenotypes by mutations at two or more different loci.
  基因座异质性：不同基因座的突变导致了相同或相似表型的效应。
• The locus of feelings and intuitions.
  感情和直觉的中心所在。
• Alleles of the same gene occupy the equivalent locus on homologous chromosomes.
  等位基因位于同源染色体相对应的位点上。
• Homeodomain proteins encoded by mating type genes in A locus are highly conserved among plant, animal and fungi.
  交配型基因编码的同源结构域蛋白质在植物、动物和菌类中都具有广泛的保守性。