| 单词 | to put on the map |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (back) on the map b. on the map: (a) in or into existence; (b) (the usual sense) in an important or prominent position, in vogue; of some account or importance. Chiefly in to put (back) on the map. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > in important position on the map1913 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > by establishing position to put (back) on the map1913 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy viii. 122 Cowan had just put Buckskin on th' map by buildin' th' first shack. 1916 Munsey's Mag. June 146/2 ‘The Fortune Hunter’, the play that put Winchell Smith on the dramatists' map. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress vii. 93 What I mean to say is, you are on the map. You have a sporting chance. 1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xix. 205 Didn't know you knew I was on the map. You're sure honouring me. 1934 B.B.C. Year-bk. 74 Weekly Chamber Concerts..further helped to put the Hall ‘on the map’. a1944 F. Clune Red Heart (1946) ii. 16 The war has put the Red Heart on the map. 1973 Times 24 Apr. (São Paulo Suppl.) p. i/7 The exhibition was so successful that in one weekend São Paulo put Brazil firmly on to the export map. 1991 Traveller Winter 30/1 But for the political and military skirmishing going on in Kashmir, the Gulmarg would already be firmly on the map as the major heli-skiing centre in the Himalayas. < as lemmas |
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