compass
compass
英[ˈkʌmpəs]美[ˈkʌmpəs]
n.罗盘，指南针，圆规，界限；
复数：compasses;
例句
The invention of the compass was referred to China.指南针是中国发明的。
The compass is an instrument of navigation.罗盘是导航仪器。
The needle of a compass points to the north.罗盘的指针指向北方。
Finance is not within the compass of this department.财*不在这个部门的管辖范围之内。
A compass needle always points north.罗盘指针总是指向北方。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 (法国作家 大仲马. A.)出自：英语名言
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。-- 罗斯金出自：英语名言
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。出自：英语谚语
The Compass Rose - drawn on almost every map - indicated North, East, South, and West.例如,每张地图上都会有“罗盘玫瑰”,指明东 、 南 、 西、北.
Electric compass is a sensor used to determine direction with the help of geomagnetic field.电子罗盘是一种利用地磁场来测量方位的传感器.
英语六级真题
The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
指南针;罗盘
A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
例句
We had to rely on a compass and a lot of luck to get here.我们不得不依靠指南针和不错的运气找到这儿来。N-PLURAL
圆规
Compasses are a hinged V-shaped instrument that you use for drawing circles.
N-COUNT
界限;范围
If something is within the compass of something or someone, it is within their limits or abilities.
例句
Within the compass of a normal sized book such a comprehensive survey was not practicable.在通常一本书的篇幅中要作如此全面的调查不太实际。英汉词典释义
n.
罗盘, 指南针
A compass needle always points north.罗盘指针总是指向北方。圆规
The teacher asked us to buy a pair of compasses.老师要求我们买圆规。界限,范围；范畴；
Finance is not within the compass of this department.财*不在这个部门的管辖范围之内。英英词典释义
Noun
1. navigational instrument for finding directions
2. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet";
"the ambit of municipal legislation""within the compass of this article""within the scope of an investigation""outside the reach of the law""in the political orbit of a world power"3. the limit of capability;
"within the compass of education"4. drafting instrument used for drawing circles
Verb
1. bring about; accomplish;
"This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"2. travel around, either by plane or ship;
"We compassed the earth"3. get the meaning of something;
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"行业词典
动物学： 弧骨；
建筑： 指北针；
机械： 罗盘仪；利用磁针确定方向角的仪器。；
测绘： 罗盘仪；利用磁针确定磁方位的简便仪器。；
航海科技： 罗经；
航空： 罗盘；提供方向基准、指示飞机航向的仪表。；
船舶： 罗经；指示船舶在水平面内相对地球基准方向的仪表。；
