at·las
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
Extra Examples- We looked it up in the atlas.
我们在地图集中查到了它。 - What examples of ribbon lakes can you find on an atlas of Scotland?
您可以在苏格兰地图集中找到哪些带状湖的例子？
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAtlas is used after these nouns:- road
- world
Word Originlate 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