来自local,当地的，-ize,使。

1. animals' ability to localize sounds

动物确定声音发自某地点的能力

2. Iodine tends to localize in the thyroid.

碘容易集于甲状腺.

3. Hot applications helped to localize the infection.

热敷法有助于使发炎限于局部.

4. Examine the painful area carefully in an effort to localize the most tender point.

仔细检查痛处，找出最痛的地方来。

5. Hardness is a measure of the resistance to localize plastic deformation.

硬度是材料抵抗局部塑性形变的量度.