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

• How many pair of compasses do he have?
  他有几支圆规？
• They were without radios, life-jackets, or even compasses.
  他们没有发报机、救生衣，甚至没有罗盘。
• 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。
• 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。
• So it's not only about your own moral compass, but the moral compasses of other people that you don't know.
  所以这不仅仅关系到你自己的道德标准，还有一些你并不认识的其他人的道德标准。
• Love is like a compasses that is link with each other, have different directions but are together forever.
  爱如一个圆规，彼此结合，各有方向，但永远在一起。
• 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。
• Old-fashioned compasses and newfangled infrared thermometers also come into play.
  旧式圆规和栖息红外测温仪也开始发挥作用。
• 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。
• With straightedge and compasses, divide a segment of a into 2 parts.
  用直尺和圆规把线段a分成两部分。