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The physical shape of a piece of land - its hills, valleys, rivers, and other features - shown in detail, often on a map. It can also be used more loosely for the general 'shape' or layout of a situation, like 'the topography of the industry' meaning how the market is laid out.
地形、地貌（土地的實際形狀，常見於地圖）；(比喻)概況、整體樣貌
組成topo- (place, from Greek) + -graphy (writing or recording, from Greek 'graphein').
同家族的字
- geographyshares the -graphy ending, meaning writing or recording
- photographyshares the same -graphy ending
原始詞典資料5 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。
topographynoun/təˈpɒɡɹəfi/
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A precise description of a place.
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A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
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The features themselves.
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The surveying of the features.
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A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.
- With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.
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。