| 单词 | atlas |
| 释义 | atlas (once / 12024 pages) 1n 2n 3n Can’t remember which countries border Uzbekistan? Consult an atlas, a book of maps, and you’ll find the information you need. An atlas gets its name from the Greek god Atlas, who, according to myth, was forced to bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. You might feel like Atlas if you have to carry one of these books around. Atlases are usually large, oversized books that contain maps, diagrams, and information such as population figures. Traditionally, atlas refers specifically to a bound book of maps rather than to a folding map, a globe, or an online database. WORD FAMILYatlas: atlases USAGE EXAMPLESThe beautiful and otherworldly development of the human embryo has been revealed in unprecedented detail in an interactive three-dimensional atlas. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) This “atlas of the underworld,” as they call it, holds the ghosts of past geography. Science Magazine(Nov 22, 2016) The atlas is free and can be found nearly everywhere licenses are sold. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1 n a collection of maps in book form 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper book of maps, map collection dialect atlas, linguistic atlas an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts n a figure of a man used as a supporting column 3Syn|Hyper telamon column, pillar (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure n the 1st cervical vertebra Syn|Hyper atlas vertebra cervical vertebra, neck bone one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region Atlas (once / 3899 pages) n WORD FAMILY Atlas: Atlases, Atlass USAGE EXAMPLESHe was cited in National Geographic and profiled by Atlas Obscura. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Spencer compared Henson’s remarkable lead performance to Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) She performed the essential trajectory calculations that ensured John Glenn’s successful boost into orbit by an Atlas rocket. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) n (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders Exp Titan (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) |
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