单词 | map |
释义 | map ![]() n. 1. a. A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens. b. Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation. 2. Mathematics The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set. 3. Slang The human face. 4. Genetics A genetic map. tr.v. mapped, map·ping, maps Idioms: 1. a. To make a map of. b. To depict as if on a map: Grief was mapped on his face. 2. To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map. 3. To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange: mapping out her future. 4. Genetics To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences. 5. Mathematics To establish a mapping of (an element or a set). all over the map 1. In, from, or to a variety of places; ubiquitously. 2. Showing great variety; varied or diverse: "Literary nonfiction is all over the map and has been for three hundred years" (William Zinsser). put on the map To make well-known, prominent, or famous. wipe off the map To destroy completely; annihilate. [From Middle English mapemounde, from Old French mapemond, from Medieval Latin mappa (mundī), map (of the world), from Latin, napkin, cloth (on which maps were drawn), perhaps of Punic origin; see npy in the Appendix of Semitic roots.] mappa·ble adj. mapper n. |
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