compass

noun

/ˈkʌmpəs/

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(also magnetic compass)
[countable] an instrument for finding direction, with a needle that always points to the north罗盘；罗经；指南针；罗盘仪
- a map and compass地图和指南针
- the points of the compass (= N, S, E, W, etc.)罗经方位点（东、南、西、北等）
see also moral compass
Wordfinder
- compass
- globe
- GPS
- grid
- key
- latitude
- map
- navigate
- reference
- scale
- A compass shows you which direction is north.指南针会指示北方。
- People arrived from all points of the compass.人们从四面八方到达。
- The railway fanned out from Moscow to all points of the compass.铁路从莫斯科向各个方向延伸。
Topics Hobbiesb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- digital
- magnetic
verb + compass
- use
- check
compass + verb
- show something
compass + noun
- needle
- bearing
- reading
- …
phrases
- a map and compass
- the points of the compass
[countable]
(also compasses [plural])
an instrument with two long thin parts joined together at the top, used for drawing circles and measuring distances on a map圆规；两脚规
- a pair of compasses一副圆规
[singular] (formal) a range or an extent, especially of what can be achieved in a particular situation范围；范畴；界限
- the compass of a singer’s voice (= the range from the lowest to the highest note that he or she can sing)歌手的音域

词源Middle English: from Old French compas (noun), compasser (verb), based on Latin com- ‘together’ + passus ‘a step or pace’. Several senses (‘measure’, ‘artifice’, ‘circumscribed area’, and ‘pair of compasses’) which appeared in Middle English are also found in Old French, but their development and origin are uncertain. The transference of sense to the magnetic compass occurred in the related Italian word compasso, from the circular shape of the compass box.

词汇	compass
释义	compass noun /ˈkʌmpəs/ /ˈkʌmpəs/ enlarge image (also magnetic compass) [countable] an instrument for finding direction, with a needle that always points to the north罗盘；罗经；指南针；罗盘仪 a map and compass地图和指南针 the points of the compass (= N, S, E, W, etc.)罗经方位点（东、南、西、北等） see also moral compass Wordfinder compass globe GPS grid key latitude map navigate reference scale A compass shows you which direction is north.指南针会指示北方。 People arrived from all points of the compass.人们从四面八方到达。 The railway fanned out from Moscow to all points of the compass.铁路从莫斯科向各个方向延伸。 Topics Hobbiesb2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective digital magnetic verb + compass use check compass + verb show something compass + noun needle bearing reading … phrases a map and compass the points of the compass [countable] (also compasses [plural]) an instrument with two long thin parts joined together at the top, used for drawing circles and measuring distances on a map圆规；两脚规 a pair of compasses一副圆规 [singular] (formal) a range or an extent, especially of what can be achieved in a particular situation范围；范畴；界限 the compass of a singer’s voice (= the range from the lowest to the highest note that he or she can sing)歌手的音域词源Middle English: from Old French compas (noun), compasser (verb), based on Latin com- ‘together’ + passus ‘a step or pace’. Several senses (‘measure’, ‘artifice’, ‘circumscribed area’, and ‘pair of compasses’) which appeared in Middle English are also found in Old French, but their development and origin are uncertain. The transference of sense to the magnetic compass occurred in the related Italian word compasso, from the circular shape of the compass box.
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