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compass n.指南针，罗盘；界限，范围 compass (n.) c.1300, "space, area, extent, circumference," from Old French compas "circle, radius, pair of compasses" (12c.), from compasser "to go around, measure, divide equally," from Vulgar Latin *compassare "to pace out" (source of Italian compassare, Spanish compasar), from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + passus "a step" (see pace (n.)).The mathematical instrument so called from mid-14c. The mariners' directional tool (so called since early 15c.) took the name, perhaps, because it's round and has a point like the mathematical instrument. The word is in most European languages, with a mathematical sense in Romance, a nautical sense in Germanic, and both in English.compass (v.) c.1300, "to devise, plan;" early 14c. as "to surround, contain, envelop, enclose;" from Anglo-French cumpasser, from compass (n.). Related: Compassed; compassing. 【记】com + pass 一起经过的地方→范围；com 一起 pass 大家一起穿过(大洋沙漠时)需要罗盘；看指南针来计划，【相关】encompass 包围

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['kʌmpəs] 【英】 n. 指南针,罗盘; 界限,范围(scope, range)【考】 thermometer : temperature / compass : direction(温度计用来测温度/ 指南针用来指方向)【记】 com(共同)+pass(通过 ) →共同的地方→做事 的范围 n. 指南针(罗盘: 用于确定地理方向); (地理、理解、感觉和权力)范围 = scope = range【记】com共同, pass通过－指南针的针, 和磁场的线, 共同通过一个方向.【类】thermometer: temperature = compass: direction温度计用来测温度 = 指南针用来指方向

单词	compass
音标	['kʌmpəs]
解释	n.指南针，罗盘；界限，范围
红宝书	【英】 n. 指南针,罗盘; 界限,范围(scope, range) 【考】 thermometer : temperature / compass : direction(温度计用来测温度/ 指南针用来指方向) 【记】 com(共同)+pass(通过 ) →共同的地方→做事的范围
字源	compass (n.) c.1300, "space, area, extent, circumference," from Old French compas "circle, radius, pair of compasses" (12c.), from compasser "to go around, measure, divide equally," from Vulgar Latin *compassare "to pace out" (source of Italian compassare, Spanish compasar), from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + passus "a step" (see pace (n.)). The mathematical instrument so called from mid-14c. The mariners' directional tool (so called since early 15c.) took the name, perhaps, because it's round and has a point like the mathematical instrument. The word is in most European languages, with a mathematical sense in Romance, a nautical sense in Germanic, and both in English. compass (v.) c.1300, "to devise, plan;" early 14c. as "to surround, contain, envelop, enclose;" from Anglo-French cumpasser, from compass (n.). Related: Compassed; compassing.
不择手段背单词	n. 指南针(罗盘: 用于确定地理方向); (地理、理解、感觉和权力)范围 = scope = range 【记】com共同, pass通过－指南针的针, 和磁场的线, 共同通过一个方向. 【类】thermometer: temperature = compass: direction温度计用来测温度 = 指南针用来指方向
趣味全助记	【记】com + pass 一起经过的地方→范围；com 一起 pass 大家一起穿过(大洋沙漠时)需要罗盘；看指南针来计划，【相关】encompass 包围

Compass Mathematical N Temperature C.1300 Latin Pace Called