a book of maps or charts
地图册
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I looked in the atlas to see where Naples was 我在地图册里找那不勒斯在哪儿
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a road atlas .公路地图集。
a book of illustrations or diagrams in any subject
图例集;图表集。
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【剖】 第一颈椎,寰椎。
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【建筑】 (希腊式建筑中支撑柱楣的)男像柱。
【希腊神话】 阿特拉斯(提坦众巨神之一,因参与反叛宙斯而被罚以肩顶天,后化为阿特拉斯山脉)。
" late 16th cent. (originally denoting a person who supported a great burden): via Latin from Greek ATLAS, the Titan of Greek mythology who supported the heavens and whose picture appeared at the front of early atlases."