| 单词 | worm's-eye map |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworm's-eye map e. transferred and figurative phrase worm's-eye view [after bird's-eye view (bird's eye adj. 2)] , a view taken as from the standpoint of a worm, i.e. from ground-level; a revealing or detailed perspective of a subject. Also worm's-eye map (Geology) (see quot. 1972). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery > from the ground worm's-eye view1908 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > other types of map mappa mundia1387 mappemondea1393 table1610 Mercator's chart1645 Peutingerian tablea1657 Mercator1694 hemisphere1706 Peutinger1731 road map1741 geological map1798 route map1816 ordnance map1828 outline map1836 contour map1862 index map1869 hypsographical map1881 soil map1898 wheel-map1899 strip map1903 distribution map1947 worm's-eye map1964 topo1970 1908 Punch 10 June 429/2 We fear the population will develop balloon-necks through trying to get a worm's-eye view of the gas-bags in the haze. 1933 Archit. Rev. 73 67/2 The illustration is a worm's-eye view of a corner of the building. 1945 A. Huxley Time must have Stop (new ed.) xiv. 145 He..looked..up at the statue above him. What a curious worm's-eye view of a goddess! 1951 W. C. Krumbein & L. L. Sloss Stratigr. & Sedimentation xiii. 421 Such paleogeologic maps, in which the observer looks upward at the base of a higher unit, have been called worm's eye maps. 1960 John o' London's 14 Apr. 428/3 His ‘worm's eye view’ of Dublin was beginning to give way to the great vision of a major artist. 1964 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 48 1187/2 A lap~out map, commonly known as a ‘worm's eye’ map, is a special method of paleogeologic expression where post~unconformity geologic relations are portrayed. 1972 Gloss. Geol. (Amer. Geol. Inst.) 797/1 Worm's-eye map, (a) a term applied..in reference to the pattern of formations that would be visible to an observer looking upward at the bottom of the rocks overlying a given surface. (b) A map showing overlap of sediments. 1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ ix. 147 This is the worm's-eye view of what you seek. If you wish for the eagle's-eye view, you must go to Paris. < as lemmas |
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