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释义
map
Theme: FACE
n. one's face.
There was fear and hatred all over his map.With a map like that, she could really go somewhere.
Theme: MUSIC
n. sheet music. (Jazz musicians.)
Check my map and see where you come in.I left the map at home. Can I look at yours?
map
1. noun
1
the face US, 1899.
2
a musical score; a piece of sheet music US, 1970.
3
a cheque US, 1979
2. verb
to hit, to strike US, 1989
idiommapDo I have to draw you a map?Annoyspoken said when you are annoyed because you have to spend a lot of time explaining something to someone:Do I have to draw you a map? If you don't have the money, they'll take your car."How do I start the program?" "Do I have to draw you a map? Work it out for yourself."put sb/sth on the mapto make a place, person, or thing famous or well-knownoften used in newspapers, on television news etc:The wines made from the grapes we grow here are helping to put Sonoma County on the map.More than anyone else, Copland put American music on the map.wipe sth off the mapto destroy a place or a community completely so that it no longer exists:The earthquake wiped entire villages off the map, and left an area of total devastation.
phrasemap[mapped, mapped, mapping]
map out
map out sthmap sth out to plan something carefully or to explain carefully what your plans are: Felicity's future had been mapped out for her by wealthy and adoring parents. The Chancellor mapped out yesterday what he hopes is Britain's road to recovery.

all over the map

1. Spread out or scattered over a great distance. I love how people from all over the map make their way to this bar for a drink.
2. In or having a great number and variety. Public opinion is all over the map for the governor, so it's hard to know how she'll do in the next election.
3. Unorganized or scattered in thinking, communication, or planning. I tried to get a sense of John's plan for the project, but he seems all over the map with it.

the map is not the territory

A person or thing is completely separate from the judgments or perceptions that people place upon it. The phrase was coined by US semanticist Alfred Korzybski. I know you dislike Ed because of how he acted in that meeting, but you don't actually know him. Just keep in mind that the map is not the territory, OK?

blow off the map

To obliterate. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blow" and "off." Many buildings were blown off the map during the siege. The dictator threatened to blow our country off the map.

fall off the map

To become unpopular or little-known after a period of popularity. Wow, I didn't realize that this show was still on TV—it really fell off the map after its first season.

put (someone, something, or some place) on the map

To make some place or thing very famous or renowned; to establish some place as being remarkable or noteworthy. It was my grandma's chili recipe that put this restaurant on the map years ago! They're hoping that this amusement park can put the small town on the map. Her first film put her on the map. Her next three movies made her a legend.

map out

To carefully plan or provide the details or something, especially by rendering it in some way, as by illustrating or outlining it. The committee mapped out the five-year plan with an extensive slideshow showing all the projected improvements. Look, I've mapped out our road trip in red marker so you can get a sense of the route we'll be taking.

wipe (something) off the map

To obliterate something. The dictator threatened to wipe our country off the map. They believe that the course of treatment they've developed could wipe cancer off the map. Many buildings were wiped off the map during the siege.

off the map

In a distant, remote, or obscure state or location. The cabin is a bit off the map, but the scenery around it is beautiful. I liked the show, but it must have fallen off the map after its first season, because no one talks about it anymore.

wipe (someone or something) off the map

To totally eliminate, eradicate, or destroy someone or something. The president vowed to wipe these terrorist scumbags off the map. Through our vaccination efforts, we've been able to wipe polio off the map.

map something out

to plot something out carefully, usually on paper. I have a good plan. I will map it out for you. I will map out the plan for you.

put something on the map

Fig. to make some place famous or popular. The good food you serve here will really put this place on the map. Nothing like a little scandal to put an otherwise sleepy town on the map.

put on the map

Make famous, publicize, as in The incident got on the national news and put our community on the map. This expression, alluding to a locality that formerly was too small to put on a map, dates from the early 1900s.

wipe off the map

Also, wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses wipe in the sense of "obliterate," and map and face of the earth in the sense of "everywhere."

put someone/something on the map

COMMON If someone or something puts a person, place, or thing on the map, they cause them to become well-known or important. The film which really put Ellen Barkin on the map was The Big Easy. In today's programme, we look at the career of the man who, in 13 years as Chancellor, put Austria back on the map.

off the map

(of a place) very distant or remote. Compare with off the beaten track (at beaten).

put something on the map

make something prominent or important.

wipe something off the map

obliterate something totally.

(be) off the ˈmap

(be) far away from other places; (be) remote: It’s a little house in the country, a bit off the map.

put somebody/something on the ˈmap

make somebody/something famous or important: Her performance in her first film really put her on the map.The newspaper story put the village on the map.

map out

v.
1. To plan something explicitly: Let's map out a way to accomplish this project. We mapped the trip out so we wouldn't get lost.
2. To incorporate or lay out some set of things into an explicit map, plan, or order: I've mapped out the beginning and end of each project on this timeline. The houses on these city blocks have been mapped out for demolition.

map

1. n. one’s face. With a map like that, she could really go somewhere.
2. n. sheet music. (see also chart.) I left the map at home. Can I look at yours?

throw a map

tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Somebody threw a map on the sidewalk.

all over the map

1. In, from, or to a variety of places; ubiquitously.
2. Showing great variety; varied or diverse: "Literary nonfiction is all over the map and has been for three hundred years" (William Zinsser).

put on the map

To make well-known, prominent, or famous.

wipe off the map

To destroy completely; annihilate.
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