map1 /mæp/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]
1 TCa drawing of a particular area, for example a city or country, which shows its main features, such as its roads, rivers, mountains etc 地圖map ofa map of Mexico City 墨西哥城地圖
According to the map we should turn left. 從地圖上看,我們應該左拐。
on a mapI’m just trying to find Vancouver on the map. 我正設法在地圖上找溫哥華。
→4 See picture of 見圖 map2 a drawing of an area showing some kind of special feature, for example the type of rocks, weather, population etc 〔顯示岩石、天氣、人口類型等具體特征的〕圖 SYN chartan archaeological map of the area 該地區的考古地圖
the colour weather map in the newspaper 報紙上的彩色天氣圖
political map (=one showing where political parties have power, or where countries are) 政治地圖
3 put something on the map FAMOUSto make a place famous 使某地出名It was the Olympic Games that really put Seoul on the map. 是奧運會使首爾大大地出了名。
put something on the map• It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map.• This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further.• It is already sixteen years since we left London specifically to help put Norfolk on the map in the Medau world.• Lady Diana's engagement to Prince Charles really put Althorp on the map, and it became a full-time job for me.• It was Ray Kroc that really put McDonald's restaurants on the map.• The range improvement program, though, really put me on the map.• Whoever did, she says, put Nanaimo on the map.• The French town of Albertville hoped the winter Olympics would put the town on the map.• That would put us on the map, give us more respect. 4 off the map informalFAR a long way from any large town 非常偏遠的It’s a small place in Nebraska. Right off the map. 這是内布拉斯加州的一個小地方,很偏遠。
off the map• Eleven years ago, highway officials voted, in essence, to take Route 66 off the map.• Antonia, as the year pressed on, was gradually dropping off the map.• Augustine somehow resists every attempt to wipe it off the map.• Finally, he peeled the markers off the map, leaving it blank once more.• We're slipping off the map.• We had quite literally walked off the map.• But after only one spoonful, I could tell this stuff was off the map.• In El Salvador they've just had an earthquake, and whole towns were wiped off the map. → wipe something off the map at wipe1(8) COLLOCATIONSverbslook at a map 看地圖She stopped the car to look at the map. 她把車停下來看地圖。
read a map (=look at and understand the information on a map) 看地圖〔指能看懂〕He drove while I read the map. 他開車,我看地圖。
study a map (=look carefully at a map) 查看地圖They studied the map before setting out. 出發之前他們仔細查看了地圖。
draw a map 畫地圖He drew me a map of the route. 他給我畫了一張路線圖。
check a map (also consult a map formal) (=look at a map to get information) 查地圖I don't know how to get to Berlin without consulting a map. 不查地圖我不知道怎麽去柏林。
be marked on a map (=put a mark or symbol on a map to show where something is) 在地圖上標明The path is clearly marked on the map. 這條小道在地圖上標示得清清楚楚。
find something on a map 在地圖上找到某處nI managed to find the village on the map.
spread out/unfold a map 攤開/打開地圖nWe spread out our maps on the floor.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mapdetailed 詳細的na detailed map of the city
accurate 精確的na modern, accurate map of the district
large-scale (=showing a small area in a lot of detail) 大比例尺的na large-scale map of Paris
a road map 道路交通圖a road map of Texas 得克薩斯州的道路交通圖
a street map 街道圖There's a street map outside the town hall. 市政廳外有一幅街道圖。
a tourist map 導遊圖The museum is marked on most tourist maps. 這座博物館在大多數旅遊地圖上都有標示。
an Ordnance Survey map British EnglishBrE (=a map showing the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail) 地形測量圖
phrasesthe contours on a map (=the lines on a map showing the height of mountains and valleys) 地圖上的等高線Contours on the map are given in feet. 地圖上的等高線以英尺標示。