例如,每张地图上都会有“罗盘玫瑰”,指明东、南、西、北。
The Compass Rose—drawn on almost every map—indicated North, East, South, and West.
直到今天,最基本的航海工具依然被叫做“罗盘玫瑰”,它的正北方向一般会有一个法国百合的标志,当然,有时是一个箭头的标志。
To thisday, the fundamental navigational tool was still known as a Compass Rose, its northernmostdirection still marked by an arrowhead… or, more commonly, the symbol of the fleur-delis.
罗盘图上有个圆圈,圈上有三十二个点,酷似玫瑰花的三十二片花瓣。
When diagrammed inside a circle, these thirty-two points of the compass perfectly resembled a traditional thirty-two petal rose bloom.
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