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

• In regions near the magnetic poles, compasses are virtually useless.
  在磁极附近区域，罗盘实际上已经失去作用。
• 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。
• It is easy to describe a circle if you have a pair of compasses.
  如果你有一副圆规，就很容易画一个圆。
• 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。
• Now, use your compasses to measure the attitude of the two limbs of the anticline.
  现在用你们的罗盘去测量一下那个背斜两翼的产状。
• The utility model not only ensures the quality of the gas cutting compasses and improves the working efficiency of gas cutting, but also reduces the cost and adapts to the working site.
  本实用新型不仅确保气割圆的质量提高气割的工作效率，而且降低成本适应于现场。
• 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。
• Researchers have found that migrating animals use a variety of inner compasses to help them navigate.
  研究人员已经发现迁徙性动物可以借助各种各样的体内罗盘来校正方向。
• 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。
• 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。