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单词 map-read
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map-readv.

Brit. /ˈmapriːd/, U.S. /ˈmæpˌrid/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: map n.1, read v.
Etymology: < map n.1 + read v., after map-reading n.
intransitive. To consult and interpret a map; (also transitive) to guide (a person, one's course, etc.) by means of a map.
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1945 Chambers's Jrnl. 422/1 Better come up and map-read us home.
1954 P. Brickhill Reach for Sky 160 Bader, who had been map reading and knew where they were, pulled across in front.
1960 Lebende Sprachen 5 166/2 The pilot is flying too high and too fast to map-read his way across country.
1965 D. MacKenzie Lonely Side of River 176 She map-read accurately, giving him plenty of time to respond to her directions.
1968 F. White Ways of Aquitaine xii. 161 When one looks at a really fine map..it is easy for anyone who can map-read to see the whole shape of the landscape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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