• vt. 映射；計劃；繪制地圖；確定基因在染色體中的位置
• n. 地圖；示意圖；染色體圖
• vi. 基因被安置
• n. (Map)人名；(法)馬普

縮寫自拉丁語mappa mundi,世界地圖，來自mappa,桌布，布料，詞源同mop,napkin,apron.因早期地圖繪制于布上而得名。mundi,世界的，詞源同mundane.

map

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.

1. We drove east to Rostock, where my map led me astray.

我們驅車向東去羅斯托克，但地圖卻給我指錯了方向。

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2. It was even marked on the map as a scenic route.

它甚至還作為觀光路線標在了地圖上。

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3. All we had to do was follow the map.

我們所要做的就是按照地圖走。

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4. Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.

托尼的墻上倒掛了一張英國地圖。

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5. We didn't have satnav, so the traditional map and compass took over.

我們沒有衛星導航系統，因此使用了傳統的地圖加指南針。

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