gps
gps — 名詞
1. a system that finds the exact location of people, vehicles, or objects on Earth
衛星導航
透過衛星信號定位的系統
a system that finds the exact location of people, vehicles, or objects on Earth using signals sent from satellites in space
Theo turned on the GPS in his car before driving home.
Theo 在開車回家前打開了車上的衛星導航。
turn on the GPS — common verb collocation
Leila used her phone's GPS to find a coffee shop she had never visited.
Leila 用手機的 GPS 找了一家她從未去過的咖啡廳。
check / use the GPS on a phone
The rescue team used GPS coordinates to locate the missing climber on the mountain.
救援隊利用 GPS 座標找到了山區失蹤的登山客。
Without GPS, the taxi driver got lost on the narrow streets of the old town.
沒有 GPS，那位計程車司機在舊城區的窄巷裡迷路了。
GPS technology helps farmers track their equipment across large fields.
GPS 技術幫助農民在廣闊的農場上追蹤設備的位置。
- satellite navigation
the full non-abbreviated term; more formal but interchangeable in most contexts
- sat nav
British informal shortening of 'satellite navigation', common in UK but less used in US
- navigation system
broader term that may include non-satellite methods (e.g., inertial navigation), not specific to GPS
文法句型
the GPS / a GPS
GPS + noun (GPS device, GPS signal)