atlas
atlas
(pl. Atlantes atˈlantiːz)
(pl. Atlantes atˈlantiːz)
- a book of maps or charts
地图册
I looked in the atlas to see where Naples was.
我在地图册里找那不勒斯在哪儿。
a road atlas.
公路地图集。
■a book of illustrations or diagrams in any subject
图例集；图表集 - (亦作 atlas vertebra)(Anatomy)the topmost vertebra of the backbone, articulating with the occipital bone of the skull
(剖)第一颈椎，寰椎 - (pl. Atlantes atˈlantiːz)(Architecture)a stone carving of a male figure, used as a column to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building
(建筑)（希腊式建筑中支撑柱楣的）男像柱
- late 16th cent. (originally denoting a person who supported a great burden): via Latin from Greek Atlas (see Atlas)
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