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compass

英['kʌmpəs] 美['kʌmpəs]
  • n. 指南针,罗盘;圆规
  • vt. 包围

英英释意


1. navigational instrument for finding directions
2. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet";
"the ambit of municipal legislation"
"within the compass of this article"
"within the scope of an investigation"
"outside the reach of the law"
"in the political orbit of a world power"
3. the limit of capability;
"within the compass of education"
4. drafting instrument used for drawing circles