atlas
noun /ˈætləs/
/ˈætləs/
- a book of maps
地图册;地图集 - a world atlas
世界地图册 - a road atlas of Europe
欧洲交通地图册
- We looked it up in the atlas.
我们在地图册上查了一下。 - What examples of ribbon lakes can you find on an atlas of Scotland?
在苏格兰地图集上,你能找到哪些带状湖泊的例子?
Collocations DictionaryAtlas is used after these nouns:- road
- world
词源late 16th cent. (originally denoting a person who supported a great burden): via Latin from Greek Atlas, the name of one of the Titans who was made to support the heavens as punishment for his part in the revolt against the god Zeus. His picture appeared at the front of early atlases. - a world atlas