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復數:?maps;第三人稱單數:?maps;過去式:?mapped;過去分詞:?mapped;現在分詞:?mapping;

1. map => mop, nap-.
2. nap- => napkin, napery, nappy, apron (a naperon => an aperon => an apron).

map 地圖

縮寫自拉丁語mappa mundi,世界地圖，來自mappa,桌布，布料，詞源同mop,napkin,apron.因早期地圖繪制于布上而得名。mundi,世界的，詞源同mundane.

map: map: [16] Map is closely related to apron and napkin. It comes from Latin mappa, which denoted a ‘cloth’, ‘towel’, ‘sheet’, ‘table-cloth’, etc. This was used in the expression mappa mundī, literally ‘sheet of the world’, which referred to a graphical representation of the earth’s surface – a ‘map’, in other words.
=> apron, napkin
map (n.): 1520s, shortening of Middle English mapemounde "map of the world" (late 14c.), and in part from Middle French mappe, shortening of Old French mapemonde, both English and French words from Medieval Latin mappa mundi "map of the world;" first element from Latin mappa "napkin, cloth" (on which maps were drawn), "tablecloth, signal-cloth, flag," said by Quintilian to be of Punic origin (compare Talmudic Hebrew mappa, contraction of Mishnaic menaphah "a fluttering banner, streaming cloth") + Latin mundi "of the world," from mundus "universe, world" (see mundane). Commonly used 17c. in a figurative sense of "epitome; detailed representation." To put (something) on the map "bring it to wide attention" is from 1913.
map (v.): 1580s, from map (n.). Related: Mapped, mapping. To map (something) out in the figurative sense is from 1610s.

1. We drove east to Rostock, where my map led me astray.: 我們驅車向東去羅斯托克，但地圖卻給我指錯了方向。

5. We didn't have satnav, so the traditional map and compass took over.: 我們沒有衛星導航系統，因此使用了傳統的地圖加指南針。