compass
罗盘
definition
verb
the ship wherein Magellan compassed the world
go around (something) in a circular course.
he compassed his end only by the exercise of violence
contrive to accomplish (something).
noun
Point the binos in any direction and a digital compass takes a bearing.
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Discover that despite the aid of pairs of compasses , scissors and anything else you consider useful, the most you can get in before it breaks is about 1 cm.
an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two arms linked by a movable joint, one arm ending in a point and the other usually carrying a pencil or pen.
translation of 'compass'
verb
到达,
到,
围,
包围,
合围
noun
规,
指北针,
罗盘,
圜,
南针,
音域,
指南针
adjective
半圆形的
example
a regular heptagon cannot be constructed accurately with only ruler and 'compass'
You look around at the highest peaks of the Rockies, and you're at the water epicenter of North America, where the glaciers and rivers flow to all points of the 'compass' .
this region had within its 'compass' many types of agriculture
Set the points of a pencil 'compass' to the width of the widest gap between the counter top and the wall.
Within the relatively narrow 'compass' of Northumberland and Durham - as it must seem to us today - it might even be said that he was a great one.
the event had political repercussions that are beyond the 'compass' of this book
We even relocate daybreak and sunset, which, one might surmise, are logical ways to determine the beginning and end of a given day, within the 'compass' of clock-time.
Crewe was ideally placed on the rail network, with connections running to all points of the 'compass'
a magnetic 'compass'
Roughly, one measures everything with a ruler and 'compass' and sets things up according to strict astrological correspondences.
By ‘science’ he means ‘all that can fall within the 'compass' of human understanding’.
Within the 'compass' of these measurements, every outcome is inevitable.
American roads also frustrated the traveller seeking to move diagonally rather than according to the four cardinal points of the 'compass' .
The matter is totally within the 'compass' of the jury's jurisdiction to determine.
As philosophers or historians we treat the datum as something impersonal to be brought within the 'compass' of our own world of thought.
Point the binos in any direction and a digital 'compass' takes a bearing.
These are works of dry stone masonry meticulously assembled, some aligned directly with points of the 'compass' .
South is the least trustworthy direction on a 'compass' .
This finding strengthened the idea that pigeons unable to see the sun rely on the earth's magnetic field as a 'compass' .
She was high in her praise of the level of organisation of last year's training sessions and suggests that reaching the decider this year is well within the 'compass' of the minors.
Before long, my sense of bush direction usurped the 'compass' .
Yet the moral of the book may be expressed within the 'compass' of a single phrase - too much intelligence, and not enough brains.
The car stopped further back on North Terrace, probably not within the 'compass' of the map, but at best somewhere towards that very far left-hand side of the map.
Complete achievement of these objectives within the 'compass' of one individual lifetime is never possible, of course, but that is not the point.
the cellos were playing in a rather somber part of their 'compass'
We had some sturdy white board behind a cabinet, so I brought that out for him, along with a 'compass' , yardstick, pencil, glue, and Exacto knife.
It is, almost, within the 'compass' of our understanding.
While sipping hot tea, I tweak my 'compass' declination and draw bearing lines on our map.
The modern concert harp has 46 or 47 strings and a 'compass' of six and a half octaves.
It is wonderfully satisfying to make these pictures by hand, patiently, with pencil and paper, 'compass' and straightedge.
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