单词 | guide |
释义 | guide (once / 57 pages) 1nv 2nv A guide is someone who shows you the way. You'd be lucky to have a kind older sibling to act as your guide through middle school, giving you advice and helping you figure out the school and social scenes. A guide often leads tourists through a city, taking them to important sites, or assists a group of mountain climbers. Another kind of guide is a book of helpful instructions about what to see in a particular country, how to get along with your teenager, or the best way to grow orchids. When you guide people, you help them find their way, whether it's through the New York subway system or through the steps of building a campfire. WORD FAMILYguide: guidance, guided, guides, guiding, misguide+/guidance: guidances/guided: unguided/guiding: guidingly/misguide: misguided, misguides, misguiding/misguided: misguidedly USAGE EXAMPLESNative Americans used the land to hunt buffalo by guiding them over a sandstone cliff. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) With only themselves and their appetites as a guide, they bypass any information that doesn’t suit their predisposition and worldview. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Instead, it provides individuals who will work with the community and guide the process. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n someone employed to conduct others Syn|Hypo|Hyper usher usherette a female usher escort an attendant who is employed to accompany someone 2n someone who shows the way by leading or advising Hypo|Hyper cicerone a guide who conducts and informs sightseers tour guidea guide who leads others on a tour leader a person who rules or guides or inspires others 3n someone who can find paths through unexplored territory Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper pathfinder, scout Sacagawea the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way hunting guide guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory trailblazersomeone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully 4v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling Syn|Hypo|Hyper channelise, channelize, direct, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer dock maneuver into a dock sheercause to sheer pull oversteer a vehicle to the side of the road helmbe at or take the helm of crabdirect (an aircraft) into a crosswind navigatedirect carefully and safely stand outsteer away from shore, of ships starboardturn to the right, of helms or rudders connconduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane navigate, pilotact as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance canalise, canalize, channeldirect the flow of corner, treeforce a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape parkmaneuver a vehicle into a parking space dry-dock, drydockmaneuver (a ship) into a drydock astrogateguide in interplanetary travel angle-parkpark at an angle parallel-parkpark directly behind another vehicle double-parkpark a vehicle alongside another command, control exercise authoritative control or power over 5v be a guiding or motivating force or drive Syn|Hyper steer direct be in charge of 6v take somebody somewhere Syn|Hypo conduct, direct, lead, take beacon guide with a beacon handguide or conduct or usher somewhere lead astray, misdirect, misguide, misleadlead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions show, ushertake (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums marshallead ceremoniously, as in a procession 7v pass over, across, or through 2Syn|Hypo draw, pass, run draw, string, thread thread on or as if on a string lead, runcause something to pass or lead somewhere rub move over something with pressure threadpass through or into threadpass a thread through brushrub with a brush, or as if with a brush pumicerub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen gaugerub to a uniform size puree, strainrub through a strainer or process in an electric blender rosinrub rosin onto sponge down, sponge offclean with a sponge, by rubbing worrytouch or rub constantly scour, scrubclean with hard rubbing abrade, scourrub hard or scrub blur, smear, smudge, smutchmake a smudge on; soil by smudging grate, scrapescratch repeatedly pass over, wiperub with a circular motion gratereduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface 1n something that offers basic information or instruction Syn|Hypo|Hyper guidebook field guide a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field roadbooka guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer itinerary, travel guidebooka guidebook for travelers baedekerany of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location 2n a model or standard for making comparisons Syn|Hypo|Hyper template, templet rhythm, speech rhythm the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements example, model a representative form or pattern 3n a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something Hyper construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 4v use as a guide They had the lights to guide on Syn|Hyper guide on orient, orientate determine one's position with reference to another point |
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