| 单词 | map-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmap-maker map-maker n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > [noun] > map-maker cardman1598 map-maker1598 mappist1614 mapper1635 map-graver1662 cartographer1863 hill-engraver1900 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disegnante, a map or modle maker. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ii. 168 Map-makers, rather then they will have their maps naked and bald, do periwig them with false hair, and fill up the vacuum..with imaginary places. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 77 Our wise map-makers..have corrupted it into Ponio bay. 1811 L. Aikin Juvenile Corr. 114 Instruments of this kind..are exported to all the civilized countries of the world, for the use of mathematicians, astronomers, navigators, map-makers, etc. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans i. 10 The task of any mapmaker..is to produce the most accurate..picture. < as lemmas |
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