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- 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
figurative〈喻〉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。
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- a two-dimensional representation of the positions of stars or other astronomical objects天体图。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- informal, dated a person's face〈非正式, 旧〉脸, 面孔。
(mapped, mapping)with obj.
1- represent (an area) on a map; make a map of在地图上标示（一块地区）; 绘制…的图：
inaccessible parts will be mapped from the air.
无法进入的地区的地图将采用航拍进行绘制。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- Mathematics associate each element of (a set) with an element of another set【数】映射。
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- no obj., with adverbial be associated or linked to something与…有关, 与…有联系：
it is not obvious that the subprocesses of language will map on to individual brain areas.
要说语言的次过程和大脑的各个不同区域相联系, 这还不明显。
短语
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。
wipe something off the map
- obliterate something totally从地图上抹掉, 彻底消灭。
派生词
mapless
adjectivemappable
adjectivemapper
noun词源
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）.
短语动词
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。