单词 | map-read |
释义 | map-readv. intransitive. To consult and interpret a map; (also transitive) to guide (a person, one's course, etc.) by means of a map. ΚΠ 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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