【atlas】 - SAT备考词汇

atlas

UK:  ['ætləs]

US:  ['ætləs]

复数：atlases  

n.

1.图谱

2.地图集,图表集

3.图解

4.图册

5.大张绘图纸

6.非洲阿特拉斯山

7.大力神导弹〔美国〕

8.【解剖学】寰椎

9.【希腊神话】阿特拉斯〔双肩掮天巨神〕;〔比喻〕身负重担的人

10.【建筑】男像柱

1 . Black mud found along the shoreline is also rich in minerals and is often used in skin treatments [source: Atlas Tours].
在沿海岸线发现的黑色泥浆也富含矿物，因此也常被用作皮肤治疗[来源：地图集旅游]。

2 . He was able to produce a geography book containing an atlas of maps of the known world.
他编写了一部地理书，书中绘制了一套当时世界的地图册。

3 . One of the goals of Atlas is to unburden the application developer from as much of the underlying architectural mechanisms as possible.
Atlas的一个目标是尽可能地解除应用程序开发人员对底层架构机制的责任。

4 . Hercules agreed, but asked to find a pair of Atlas in his shoulder pads when carrying a moment for him on Earth.
海格立斯表示同意，但是要求阿特拉斯在他去找一副垫肩时，也替他扛一会儿地球。

5 . Plato probably translated "the land of the pillars which held the sky" (Keftiu) into the land of the titan Atlas (who held the sky).
柏拉图很可能把“陆地上支撑天空的柱子”（克弗悌乌）翻译成提坦神（巨人）阿特拉斯（支撑着天空）的陆地。