- 1地形、地貌（土地的實際形狀，常見於地圖）；(比喻)概況、整體樣貌
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.
From the word’s history
From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία, from τόπος 'place' + γράφω 'to write'.
源自古希臘文，由 tópos「地方」加 gráphō「書寫」組成。
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，摘錄並精簡格式，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/
- 1
A precise description of a place.
- 2
A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
- 3
The features themselves.
- 4
The surveying of the features.
- 5
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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。