英语词汇“atlases”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

at•las n. [countable]

a book or bound collection of maps, charts, plates, or tables illustrating a subject:a world atlas; a road atlas.

at•las n., pl. at•las•es for 1–3, at•lan•tes for 5.

a bound collection of maps.
a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject.
Anatomythe first cervical vertebra, which supports the head.
a size of drawing or writing paper, 26 × 34 or 33 inches.
ArchitectureAlso called telamon. a sculptural figure of a man used as a column. Cf. caryatid.

as name for a collection of maps, said to be from illustrations of Atlas supporting the globe in early books of this kind 1580–90 in sense "prop, support''

At•las n., pl. At•las•es for 2, 4.

Biographical, Mythology[Class. Myth.]a Titan, son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders: identified by the ancients with the Atlas Mountains.
Biographicala person who supports a heavy burden;
a mainstay.
Biographical Charles (Angelo Siciliano), 1894–1972, U.S. body-building advocate, born in Italy.
Rocketrya liquid-propellant booster rocket, originally developed as the first U.S. ICBM, used with Agena or Centaur upper stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets;
also used to launch the Mercury spacecraft into orbit around the earth.

atlas /ˈætləs/ n

a collection of maps, usually in book form
a book of charts, graphs, etc, illustrating aspects of a subject: an anatomical atlas
the first cervical vertebra, attached to and supporting the skull in man
( pl atlantes)
another name for telamon

Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek; first applied to maps, from depictions of Atlas supporting the heavens in 16th-century collections of maps

单词	atlases
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 at•las /ˈætləs/USA pronunciation n. [countable] a book or bound collection of maps, charts, plates, or tables illustrating a subject:a world atlas; a road atlas. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 at•las (at′ləs),USA pronunciation n., pl. at•las•es for 1–3, at•lan•tes (at lan′tēz)USA pronunciation for 5. a bound collection of maps. a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject. Anatomythe first cervical vertebra, which supports the head. a size of drawing or writing paper, 26 × 34 or 33 inches. ArchitectureAlso called telamon. a sculptural figure of a man used as a column. Cf. caryatid. as name for a collection of maps, said to be from illustrations of Atlas supporting the globe in early books of this kind 1580–90 in sense "prop, support'' At•las (at′ləs),USA pronunciation n., pl. At•las•es for 2, 4. Biographical, Mythology[Class. Myth.]a Titan, son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders: identified by the ancients with the Atlas Mountains. Biographicala person who supports a heavy burden; a mainstay. Biographical Charles (Angelo Siciliano), 1894–1972, U.S. body-building advocate, born in Italy. Rocketrya liquid-propellant booster rocket, originally developed as the first U.S. ICBM, used with Agena or Centaur upper stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets; also used to launch the Mercury spacecraft into orbit around the earth. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: atlas /ˈætləs/ n a collection of maps, usually in book form a book of charts, graphs, etc, illustrating aspects of a subject: an anatomical atlas the first cervical vertebra, attached to and supporting the skull in man ( pl atlantes) another name for telamon Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek; first applied to maps, from depictions of Atlas supporting the heavens in 16th-century collections of maps
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