> (use '[clojure.contrib.lazy-seqs :only (primes)])
> (def ordinals-and-primes (map vector (iterate inc 1) primes))
> 
> map macro has this format:
> (map function collection)

The map function takes a function and any number of collections:

        http://clojure.github.com/clojure/clojure.core-api.html#clojure.core/map

> primes is the collection and (iterate inc 1) is the function to apply
> on each element of the collection but how vector is applied here?

In the code you cited, the function is "vector" and the collections are the 
remaining arguments.

        
http://clojure.github.com/clojure/clojure.core-api.html#clojure.core/vector

> But I don't understand the previous method, would you please explain it to me.

The function produces a lazy sequence of vectors of two items, the first an 
ordinal and the second a prime.

--Steve

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