a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc. 地图;海图 a street map. 街道地图。 expansion of the service sector is reshaping the map of employment. 服务业的扩张正在改变就业的结构。 ■a two-dimensional representation of the positions of stars or other astronomical objects 天体图 ■a diagram or collection of data showing the spatial arrangement or distribution of something over an area 分布图 an electron density map. 电子密度分布图。 ■(Biology)a representation of the sequence of genes on a chromosome or of bases in a DNA or RNA molecule (生)(基因)图谱 ■(Mathematics). another term for mapping (数)。 同 mapping
(informal, dated)a person's face (非正式,旧)脸,面孔
(mapped, mapping)
[with obj.]represent (an area) on a map; make a map of 用地图上标示;绘制…的图 inaccessible parts will be mapped from the air. 无法进入的地区将从空中制图。 ■record in detail the spatial distribution of (something) 绘制…空间分布形态图 the project to map the human genome. 人类基因图谱绘制计划。 ■[with obj. and adverbial]associate (a group of elements or qualities) with an equivalent group, according to a particular formula or model 映现 the transformational rules map deep structures into surface structures. 转换规则将深层结构映现为表层结构。 ■(Mathematics)associate each element of (a set) with an element of another set (数)映射 ■[no obj., with adverbial]be associated or linked to something 有关,有联系 it is not obvious that the subprocesses of language will map on to individual brain areas. 鲜有迹象表明语言的次过程可以和大脑的各个不同区域相联系。
常用词组 off the map
(of a place) very distant or remote 偏远的,遥远的 just a hick town, right off the map. 不过是个乡村小镇,上不了地图。
put something on the map
bring something to prominence 使…出名 the exhibition put Cubism on the map. 这次展览使立体派出了名。
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin mappa mundi, literally 'sheet of the world', from Latin mappa 'sheet, napkin' + mundi 'of the world' (genitive of mundus)
继承用法 map something out
plan a route or course of action in detail 筹划,作详细计划 I mapped out a route over familiar country near home. 我费心计划了一条离家很近的路线,沿途是熟悉的乡村。