maps
A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above.
He unfolded the map and set it on the floor.
他展开地图,把它放在了地板上。
map out
If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it.
I went home and mapped out my strategy.
我回到家,制定出了我的策略。
I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and mapping it out.
我无法想像有人能坐下来凭空想就写出剧本。
maps , mapping , mapped
To map an area means to make a map of it.
a spacecraft which is using radar to map the surface of Venus.
一艘利用雷达绘制金星表面地图的航天器。