map: [16] Map is closely related to apron and napkin. It comes from Latin mappa, which denoted a ‘cloth’, ‘towel’, ‘sheet’, ‘table-cloth’, etc. This was used in the expression mappa mundī, literally ‘sheet of the world’, which referred to a graphical representation of the earth’s surface – a ‘map’, in other words. => apron, napkin
map (n.)
1520s, shortening of Middle English mapemounde "map of the world" (late 14c.), and in part from Middle French mappe, shortening of Old French mapemonde, both English and French words from Medieval Latin mappa mundi "map of the world;" first element from Latin mappa "napkin, cloth" (on which maps were drawn), "tablecloth, signal-cloth, flag," said by Quintilian to be of Punic origin (compare Talmudic Hebrew mappa, contraction of Mishnaic menaphah "a fluttering banner, streaming cloth") + Latin mundi "of the world," from mundus "universe, world" (see mundane). Commonly used 17c. in a figurative sense of "epitome; detailed representation." To put (something) on the map "bring it to wide attention" is from 1913.
map (v.)
1580s, from map (n.). Related: Mapped, mapping. To map (something) out in the figurative sense is from 1610s.
中文解释
1. map => mop, nap-.2. nap- => napkin, napery, nappy, apron (a naperon => an aperon => an apron).
实用例句
1. We drove east to Rostock, where my map led me astray.
我们驱车向东去罗斯托克，但地图却给我指错了方向。
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2. It was even marked on the map as a scenic route.
它甚至还作为观光路线标在了地图上。
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3. All we had to do was follow the map.
我们所要做的就是按照地图走。
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4. Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.
托尼的墙上倒挂了一张英国地图。
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5. We didn't have satnav, so the traditional map and compass took over.