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An atlas is a book of maps. Many atlases show the whole world; others show one country, one city, or the stars. You use it to see where places are and how the land and sea are shaped.
An atlas atlas is 是 a book of maps 一本地圖書 Many atlases show the whole world 很多地圖集畫的是整個世界 others show one country, one city, or the stars 有些畫一個國家、一個城市，或星空 You use it to see 你用它來看 where places are 地方在哪裡 and how the land and sea are shaped 陸地和海洋的形狀是什麼樣子
The name honours Atlas, a giant in Greek stories who carried the sky. A map-maker called Mercator gave that name to his book of maps, because stories said Atlas knew the heavens and the round earth.
The name honours Atlas 這個名字是為了紀念Atlas a giant in Greek stories who carried the sky 希臘神話裡扛著天空的巨人 A map-maker called Mercator gave that name to his book of maps 一位叫Mercator的製圖師把這個名字用在他的地圖書上 because stories said Atlas knew the heavens and the round earth 因為傳說Atlas很了解天空和圓形的地球
Though actually, English lets the same spelling do extra jobs. Atlas is also the giant himself.
Though actually 不過其實 English lets the same spelling do extra jobs 英文讓同一個拼法身兼多職 Atlas is also 這個字也指 the giant himself 那個巨人本身
Doctors call the top bone in your neck the atlas, because it carries your head the way the giant carried the sky.
Doctors call the top bone in your neck the atlas 醫生把你脖子最上面那塊骨頭叫做atlas because it carries your head the way the giant carried the sky 因為它撐著你的頭，就像那個巨人撐著天空一樣
And there is a shiny cloth also called atlas, from an Arabic word for satin — same letters, different family, a look-alike.
And 而且 there is a shiny cloth also called atlas 有一種發亮的布料也叫atlas from an Arabic word for satin 來自阿拉伯文裡表示緞子的字 same letters, different family, a look-alike 拼法一樣、來源不同，只是長得像
組成From Latin Atlas, from Greek Átlas, the Bearer, from a verb meaning to suffer, endure, bear. The map-book sense comes from Mercator's Atlas, named in honour of that giant. The neck-bone sense is a picture: the bone bears the globe of the head. The cloth sense is from Arabic ʔaṭlas, satin, and is not this word's origin.
原始詞典資料27 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ATLASname
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astronomygeographynatural-sciencesA comet, an interstellar object visiting the Solar System, on a hyperbolic orbit. Named after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
Atlasname詞源 1/ˈætləs/
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human-sciencesmysticismmythologyThe son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
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另外 3 個記錄的用法
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A surname.
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aerospaceastronauticsbusinessAn SM-65, an early ICBM, soon developed into a long-lived orbital launch vehicle series.
Atlasnoun詞源 1/ˈætləs/
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aerospaceastronauticsbusinessA particular model or individual specimen of the Atlas missile and launch vehicle line.
Atlasname詞源 2/ˈætləs/
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A subgroup of the Berber languages.
atlasnoun詞源 1/ˈætləs/
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A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
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A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject.
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A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.
- An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs
- In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas.
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mathematicssciencestopologyA family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
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anatomymedicinesciencesThe uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
- There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns[…]
- Ribs and spines show through the thin layer of meat left on the carcase, and, where the head meets the body, the crucial first vertebra – the atlas – is exposed.
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One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
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architectureA figure of a man used as a column.
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A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
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computer-graphicscomputingengineeringAn image or texture containing a number of other images or textures, so as to reduce the cost of loading them separately.
- a glyph atlas used in font rendering
- a texture atlas
atlasnoun詞源 2/ˈætləs/
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historicalA rich satin fabric.
- I saw ye Taffaties and Atlasses in ye warehouse, and gave directions concerning their severall colours and stripes, ordering Mr. Charnock to use his best endeavours to encrease their quantity; […]
- Surat was an important port on the west coast of India from where atlases were exported on a large scale […]
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。