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