compass
compass 英 [ˈkʌmpəs] 美 [ˈkʌmpəs, ˈkɑm-]
n. 指南针，罗盘；圆规；范畴，界限
进行时:compassing 过去式:compassed 过去分词:compassed 第三人称单数:compasses 名词复数:compasses
- Long before we had GPS (Global Positioning System) devices, people used a magnetic instrument called a compass for navigation. Some people still use a compass to navigate — usually when their GPS isn’t working.
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- n. 指南针，罗盘；圆规；范畴，界限
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1. a map and compass
地图和指南针
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2. the points of the compass
罗经方位点（东、南、西、北等）
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3. a pair of compasses
一副圆规
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4. the compass of a singer's voice
歌手的音域
- compass (n.) c. 1300, "space, area, extent, circumference," from Old French compas "circle, radius; size, extent; pair of compasses" (12c.), from compasser "to go around, measure (with a compass); divide equally," from Vulgar Latin *compassare "to pace out," from Latin com "with, together" (see com-) + passus "a step" (from PIE root *pete- "to spread").
- compass (v.) c. 1300, "to devise, plan;" early 14c. as "to surround, contain, envelop, enclose;" from Anglo-French cumpasser, Old French compasser "to go around, measure (with a compass), divide equally, calculate; plan" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *compassare "to pace out" (source of Italian compassare, Spanish compasar), from Latin com "with, together" (see com-) + passus "a step" (from PIE root *pete- "to spread"). Related: Compassed; compassing.
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