compass
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural compasses
plural compasses
Learner's definition of COMPASS
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[count] : a device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north指南针；罗盘
- He always carries a compass when he walks in the woods.在树林中行走时，他总是带着指南针。
- Guests arrived from all points of the compass. [=directions]客人们从四面八方到来。
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[count] : something that helps a person make choices about what is right, effective, etc.指南；向导
- His religion is the compass that guides him.他的宗教信仰是指引他的向导。
- Interest rates serve as a compass for determining whether to buy or sell stocks.利率是决定股票买卖的指向标。
- The character in the movie had no moral compass to tell him that stealing was wrong.影片中的那个人物没有道德指针，意识不到偷窃是错误的行为。
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[count]
a : a tool that consists of two pointed sticks joined at the top and that is used for measuring distances两脚规— often plural常用复数
- a pair of compasses [=dividers]一副两脚规
b : a tool that consists of a pen or pencil attached to a pointed stick and that is used for drawing circles圆规
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[noncount] : a specialized area of knowledge, skill, experience, etc.领域；范围 — often used after beyond or within常用在beyond或within后
- That topic falls beyond the compass [=beyond the scope] of my research.那个题目超出了我的研究范围。
- drawbridges
- draw comparisons
- draw conclusions
- drawer
- drawers
- drawing
- drawing board
- drawing boards
- drawing near
- drawing near/nigh
- drawing nigh
- drawing pin
- drawing pins
- drawing power
- drawing room
- drawing rooms
- drawings
- drawing table
- drawing tables
- drawing to a close
- draw in your horns
- drawl
- drawled
- draw lessons from
- drawling