map1 /mæp/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC] 1 TCa drawing of a particular area, for example a city or country, which shows its main features, such as its roads, rivers, mountains etc 地图map of a map of Mexico City 墨西哥城地图
According to the map we should turn left. 从地图上看,我们应该左拐。
on a map I’m just trying to find Vancouver on the map. 我正设法在地图上找温哥华。
→4 See picture of 见图 map 2 a drawing of an area showing some kind of special feature, for example the type of rocks, weather, population etc 〔显示岩石、天气、人口类型等具体特征的〕图 SYN chart an archaeological map of the area 该地区的考古地图
the colour weather map in the newspaper 报纸上的彩色天气图
political map (=one showing where political parties have power, or where countries are) 政治地图
3 put something on the map FAMOUSto make a place famous 使某地出名 It was the Olympic Games that really put Seoul on the map. 是奥运会使首尔大大地出了名。
put something on the map• It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map.• This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further.• It is already sixteen years since we left London specifically to help put Norfolk on the map in the Medau world.• Lady Diana's engagement to Prince Charles really put Althorp on the map, and it became a full-time job for me.• It was Ray Kroc that really put McDonald's restaurants on the map.• The range improvement program, though, really put me on the map.• Whoever did, she says, put Nanaimo on the map.• The French town of Albertville hoped the winter Olympics would put the town on the map.• That would put us on the map, give us more respect. 4 off the map informalFAR a long way from any large town 非常偏远的 It’s a small place in Nebraska. Right off the map. 这是内布拉斯加州的一个小地方,很偏远。
off the map• Eleven years ago, highway officials voted, in essence, to take Route 66 off the map.• Antonia, as the year pressed on, was gradually dropping off the map.• Augustine somehow resists every attempt to wipe it off the map.• Finally, he peeled the markers off the map, leaving it blank once more.• We're slipping off the map.• We had quite literally walked off the map.• But after only one spoonful, I could tell this stuff was off the map.• In El Salvador they've just had an earthquake, and whole towns were wiped off the map. → wipe something off the map at wipe1(8) COLLOCATIONSverbslook at a map 看地图She stopped the car to look at the map. 她把车停下来看地图。
read a map (=look at and understand the information on a map) 看地图〔指能看懂〕He drove while I read the map. 他开车,我看地图。
study a map (=look carefully at a map) 查看地图They studied the map before setting out. 出发之前他们仔细查看了地图。
draw a map 画地图He drew me a map of the route. 他给我画了一张路线图。
check a map (also consult a map formal) (=look at a map to get information) 查地图I don't know how to get to Berlin without consulting a map. 不查地图我不知道怎么去柏林。
be marked on a map (=put a mark or symbol on a map to show where something is) 在地图上标明The path is clearly marked on the map. 这条小道在地图上标示得清清楚楚。
find something on a map 在地图上找到某处nI managed to find the village on the map.
spread out/unfold a map 摊开/打开地图nWe spread out our maps on the floor.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mapdetailed 详细的na detailed map of the city
accurate 精确的na modern, accurate map of the district
large-scale (=showing a small area in a lot of detail) 大比例尺的na large-scale map of Paris
a road map 道路交通图a road map of Texas 得克萨斯州的道路交通图
a street map 街道图There's a street map outside the town hall. 市政厅外有一幅街道图。
a tourist map 导游图The museum is marked on most tourist maps. 这座博物馆在大多数旅游地图上都有标示。
an Ordnance Survey map British EnglishBrE (=a map showing the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail) 地形测量图
phrasesthe contours on a map (=the lines on a map showing the height of mountains and valleys) 地图上的等高线Contours on the map are given in feet. 地图上的等高线以英尺标示。