chart
n
1 [C]
(a) detailed map used to help navigation at sea, showing coasts, rocks, the depth of the sea, etc 航海圖
a naval chart 海軍航圖.
(b) similar map for navigation by air 航空地圖.
2 [C] map, diagram, graph or table giving clear information, esp about sth that changes over a period of time 地圖; 示意圖; 曲線圖或表: a weather chart 天氣圖
a temperature chart, ie one showing changes in a person's temperature 體溫圖表
a sales chart, ie one showing the level of a company's sales 銷售圖. =>illus 見插圖. Cf 參看 map, plan 2.
3 the charts [pl]
weekly list of the best-selling pop music records (流行音樂唱片最暢銷的)每周選錄. chart, v
1 [Tn] make a chart of (sth); map 繪制(某事物)的圖表; 繪制...的地圖.
2 [Tn] record or follow (sth) on or as if on a chart (猶如)在圖表上記錄或跟蹤某事物
Scientists are carefully charting the progress of the spacecraft. 科學家密切跟蹤航天器的運行.