compasses

英 [ˈkʌmpəsɪz]

美 [ˈkʌmpəsɪz]

n.  罗盘; 罗经; 指南针; 罗盘仪; 圆规; 两脚规; 范围; 范畴; 界限
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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 指南针;罗盘
  Acompassis an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
  1. 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。
• 圆规
  Compassesare a hinged V-shaped instrument that you use for drawing circles.
• N-COUNT 界限;范围
  If something is withinthe compass ofsomething or someone, it is within their limits or abilities.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• He can draw a good circle without compasses.
  他能不用圆规画一个非常标准的圆。
• Left and right circling was as round as the compasses did.
  就连左右绕圈子，也彷佛用圆规所画出来的那么的浑圆而标准。
• Can feel safe agent and insurance broker expand business provides reference not only, also can be sure to check agent and insurance broker deal with insurance Wu to whether have break the law, violate compasses behavior to provide evidence.
  不仅可以为保险代理人和保险经纪人扩展业务提供参考，也可以为查核保险代理人和保险经纪人办理保险业务是否有违法、违规行为提供证据。
• Magnetic compasses are used by travelers and navigators to tell them the direction, in which they are traveling.
  磁罗盘被旅行者和航海家经常使用于指明方向，他们依附方向旅行。
• On Schuler-tuned compasses this error is avoided by cutting out damping during changes in speed and course.
  在休拉调谐罗盘中，这项误差由于在速度、航向改变时切断阻尼而避免。
• I am calibrating radio direction finder or adjusting compasses.
  我正在校准无线电测向仪或校正指南针。
• A top craftsman can draw the blueprint without using the compasses and rules.
  一名顶尖的工匠，他画设计图时，是不必借用圆规、尺子的。
• The person that why has so much is new to the website compasses "cold"?
  为什么有这么多的人对网站新规“感冒”？
• Cameras, music and radio players, alarm clocks, navigation systems, even torches and compasses are now absorbed into a glowing screen.
  如今，不仅相机、音乐与电台播放器、闹钟、导航系统，就连手电筒和指南针也被整合进这些发光的屏幕中。
• Umar is known to have compiled a number of treatises on subjects related to the sciences, including a text on the construction of astrolabes, sundials and magnetic compasses.
  据说奥马尔编撰了许多科学论文，其中包括一份如何制作星盘、日晷和磁罗盘的文件。