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1 information that is clearly arranged in the form of a simple picture, set of figures, graph etc, or a piece of paper with this information on it 同义词 diagram :

a chart showing last year’s sales

a weather chart

the theatre’s seating chart → bar chart , flow chart , pie chart

2 the charts the lists, which come out weekly, of the most popular records :

Her new single went straight to number one in the pop charts .

Brooks again topped the charts (= was the most popular ) .

chart hit/success/star etc

the Beatles’ first chart hit

3 a detailed map, especially of an area of the sea or the stars

COLLOCATIONS

types of charts

the pop charts Their new single went straight to number 1 in the pop charts.

the singles charts (= of CDs that have only one song on them ) The song reached number 9 in the singles charts.

the album charts (= of CDs that have several songs on them ) This put Marley into the album charts for the first time.

the indie charts (= of music produced by small independent record companies ) The song went straight to the top of the indie charts.

动词

be in the charts The song was in the charts for weeks.

go into/enter the charts The album entered the UK charts at number 2.

hit the charts (= enter the charts ) The group eventually hit the charts.

top the charts/be top of the charts ‘Without You’ topped the British charts for five weeks.

chart + NOUN

a chart hit (= a song or album in the charts ) At last the band had got a chart hit.

chart success It looks like they are set for chart success.

短语

number 1/5/15 etc in the charts In 1962 ‘Love Me Do’ reached only number 17 in the charts.