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单词 compass
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com·pass

noun
/ˈkʌmpəs/
/ˈkʌmpəs/
  1. 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
    Extra Examples
    • 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
    Oxford 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
  2. [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
  3. [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 they can sing)歌手声音的指南针(=他们可以唱的从最低到最高音符的范围)
  4. Word OriginMiddle 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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