map

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mæp/|/map/    美 /mæp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
    — a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput
  2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
    — a map of the Earth's magnetic field
  3. A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
    — Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
  5. The face. UK,dated
    — And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck.
  6. An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.
    — I don't want to play this map again!
  7. Synonym of associative array.
动词 v.
  1. To represent by means of a map. transitive
    — This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail.
  2. To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map. transitive
    — The team is mapping the route of the new railway line.
  3. To have a direct relationship; to correspond. intransitive
    — This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.
  4. To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with. transitive
    — Map "volume down" to the F2 key.
  5. To act as a function on something, taking it to something else. transitive
    — f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B.
  6. To assign a drive letter to a shared folder. transitive

词形变化

maps plural maps present,singular,third-person mapping participle,present mapped participle,past mapped past

词汇关系

下位词
argument map concept map Hénon map mind map overworld map roadmap texture map thematic map topic map
衍生词
demap map onto map out remap
相关词
atlas cartographer cartography

词源

词源 1
Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe.
词源 2
Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe.
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