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The word "map" can refer to a drawing of an area (noun) or the act of creating such a drawing (verb). It also features in the idiom "put on the map," signifying making something or someone well-known and important.
The word "map" can be used as a noun, referring to a drawing of an area with its features, or as a verb meaning to create a map of a region. It can also be part of the idiom "put on the map," meaning to make something famous or important.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]地图 A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above.
[oft N of n]
He unfolded the map and set it on the floor...
他打开地图,放在了地板上。
Have you got a map of the city centre?
你有市中心的地图吗?
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]图;图谱 A map is a drawing that gives special information about an area.
[usu supp N]
...geological maps, books and atlases.
地质图、书籍与地图册
...weather maps on television.
电视上的气象图
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[VERB 动词]绘制(某地区)的地图 To map an area means to make a map of it.
[V n]
[V-ing]
...a spacecraft which is using radar to map the surface of Venus.
使用雷达绘制金星表面地图的宇宙飞船
...better mapping of the ocean floor.
对海底地形的更精确绘制
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[PHRASE 短语]使出名;使名扬四方 If you say that someone or something put a person, thing, or place on the map, you approve of the fact that they made it become well-known and important.
[V inflects]
[approval]
...the attempts of the Edinburgh Festival's organisers to put C.P. Taylor firmly on the map...
爱丁堡艺术节的组织者们为使C.P.泰勒名扬四海所作的努力
This could put cider back on the map as one of our great national drinks.
这样可以让苹果酒再度名扬四方,成为我们重要的国酒之一。
相关词组:
map out
Oxford
map★/mæp; NAmEmæp/
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mapmapsmappedmappingnoun★a drawing or plan of the earth's surface or part of it, showing countries, towns, rivers, etc. 地图◆a map of France法国地图◆a street map of Miami迈阿密街区图◆to read a/the map(= understand the information on a map)查看地图◆large-scale maps大比例地图◆Can you find Black Hill on the map?你能在地图上找到布莱克山吗?◆I'll draw you a map of how to get to my house.我给你画一张到我家的路线图。☞see also
road map
IDIOMput sb/sth on the ˈmapto make sb/sth famous or important 使出名;使有重要性◆The exhibition has helped put the city on the map.展览会使这个城市名扬四方。☞more at
wipe
v.verb(-pp-)1mapsth to make a map of an area 绘制…的地图SYN
chart
◆an unexplored region that has not yet been mapped一个尚未绘制地图的未经勘察的地区2mapsth to discover or give information about sth, especially the way it is arranged or organized 了解信息,提供信息(尤指其编排或组织方式)◆It is now possible to map the different functions of the brain.现在已有可能了解大脑的各种功能。▶map·ping/; NAmE/noun[uncountable ]◆the mapping of the Indian subcontinent印度次大陆地图的绘制◆gene mapping基因图的绘制PHRASAL VERBSˈmap sth on/onto sthto link a group of qualities, items, etc. with their source, cause, position on a scale, etc. 把…与…相联系◆Grammar information enables students to map the structure of a foreign language onto their own.语法知识使学生能够把外语结构和母语结构联系起来。ˌmap sth↔ˈoutto plan or arrange sth in a careful or detailed way (精心细致地)规划,安排◆He has his career path clearly mapped out.他精心规划了自己的事业前途。map/mæp; NAmEmæp/map·ping/; NAmE/
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map1 noun
map2 verb
mapmap1 /mæp/ ●●●S2W2 noun [countable]
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1a drawing of a particular area, for example a city or country, which shows its main features, such as its roads, rivers, mountains etcmap of a map of Mexico City According to the map we should turn left.on a map I’m just trying to find Vancouver on the map.2a drawing of an area showing some kind of special feature, for example the type of rocks, weather, population etcSYN chart: an archaeological map of the area the colour weather map in the newspaperpolitical map (=one showing where political parties have power, or where countries are)3put something on the map to make a place famous: It was the Olympic Games that really put Seoul on the map.4off the map informal a long way from any large town: It’s a small place in Nebraska. Right off the map. → wipe something off the map
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COLLOCATIONSverbslook at a map· She stopped the car to look at the map.read a map (=look at and understand the information on a map)· He drove while I read the map.study a map (=look carefully at a map)· They studied the map before setting out.draw a map· He drew me a map of the route.check a map (also consult a map formal) (=look at a map to get information)· I don't know how to get to Berlin without consulting a map.be marked on a map (=put a mark or symbol on a map to show where something is)· The path is clearly marked on the map.find something on a map· I managed to find the village on the map.spread out/unfold a map· We spread out our maps on the floor.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mapdetailed· a detailed map of the cityaccurate· a modern, accurate map of the districtlarge-scale (=showing a small area in a lot of detail)· a large-scale map of Parisa road map· a road map of Texasa street map· There's a street map outside the town hall.a tourist map· The museum is marked on most tourist maps.an Ordnance Survey map British English (=a map showing the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail)phrasesthe contours on a map (=the lines on a map showing the height of mountains and valleys)· Contours on the map are given in feet.
map1 noun
map2 verb
mapmap2 ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle mapped, present participle mapping) [transitive]
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1to make a map of a particular area: He spent the next fifteen years mapping the Isle of Anglesey.2to discover or show information about something, especially about its shape or arrangement, or how it moves or works: The points at which stress and anxiety emerge can be mapped.map onto phrasal verbto match something or have a direct relationship with somethingmap out phrasal verbto plan carefully how something will happen: Her own future had been mapped out for her by wealthy and adoring parents.
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map
[mæp]mapped, mapping, maps
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mapped[1037] mapping[1042] maps[4610]
地图(96%),计划(2%),绘制地图(2%)
vt.映射;计划;绘制地图;确定基因在染色体中的位置
n.地图;示意图;染色体图
vi.基因被安置
n.(Map)人名;(法)马普
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