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Definition of gauge in English:

gauge

(US gage)
noun ɡeɪdʒɡeɪdʒ
  • 1An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.

    a fuel gauge
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its new electric utility vehicle features a fuel gauge that displays the current level of battery power.
    • To that end, manufacturers continue to refine the location of switches, gauges, and display panels so the operator can see them quickly and easily.
    • The Environment Agency's rain level gauges around the region confirmed the intensity of the downpour.
    • The gauge automatically holds and displays the exact weight and will provide you with an average of up to 10 readings.
    • Early in the session, both market gauges hit their highest levels since June 3, 2002.
    • On some equipment, a visual sight glass or gauge shows fluid levels without opening the system, while on others a dipstick or other manual measuring device is used.
    • What is required is a coordinated international system of pressure sensors and water level gauges linked by reliable communications to a centre for the rapid processing, analysis and release of alerts.
    • He also checked the two visual fuel gauges on the left forward face of the bomb bay bulkhead behind the flight deck.
    • On a desktop computer in the debrief room, you can display flight instruments, gauges, flight paths, and tactical plots.
    • Your eyes are riveted to the fuel and engine gauges - flow meter, mixture, tachometer, manifold pressure.
    • He was still travelling at a reckless speed, but he didn't dare slow down as the needle on the fuel gauge had dropped to the lowest possible level.
    • I scanned the engine instruments and hydraulic gauges and was relieved to find normal indications.
    • This type of blower door has several gauges that measure the amount of air pulled out of the house by the fan.
    • When I made an instrument approach, the fuel gauge was on empty.
    • They even added educational features, such as exposed equipment gauges and meters, so students could track the amount of energy the school is saving.
    • Two displacement gauges are installed at the opposite side of the plate, which is averaged to determine the ground displacement.
    • Historically, pressure has been measured with gauges that monitor the displacement of a mechanical element.
    • Above ground, computerized gauges monitor soil settlement to aid with the grouting operations.
    • The fuel gauges indicated between 180 and 190 pounds per side as we cleared the active runway.
    • It includes a four-cup drink holder, center storage basket, low oil and fuel gauges or a state-of-charge meter.
    Synonyms
    measuring instrument, measuring device, meter, measure
    indicator, dial, scale, index, display
    1. 1.1 A tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension.
      标准尺
      mark out the details of the angled surfaces with a knife and gauge
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They had been using feeler and plug gages to check the center discs that are stamped for the steel auto wheels it produces; there are 40 disc variations in production.
      • If you're using a multisize pattern, mark accurate stitching lines on the tissue using a seam gauge and fine-point pen.
      • Jointer gauges are not particularly rare tools.
      • She opens the lid to display an array of instruments and enthusiastically picks out a tool gauge and micrometer.
      • This required both the design of unprecedented machines and machine tools, and a radical redesign of gauges which could pass good parts at the required microlevel of accuracy.
    2. 1.2 A means of estimating something.
      〈喻〉估计方法;判断标准;测试(标准)
      emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease

      移民可能是社会不安定程度最好的晴雨表。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If so, do you check the motor vehicle driving record of power boat operators as a gauge of their driving habits?
      • But to measure a language by its literature is not necessarily an accurate gauge of its health at street-level.
      • To him the gauge of ‘rightness’ is inclusion in and support by the major and calcified institutions to which Trudeau has been admitted.
      • What I do have problems with is having to change my counter so I can get an accurate gauge of things.
      • He has his own gauge of whether his dishes work or not.
      • End-systolic dimension is another helpful gauge in determining the need for surgery.
      • It's still a great gauge of an artist's popularity, and it tells the business world that the record company is doing things right.
      • While focus groups do not provide a representative sample, they do offer a gauge of general attitudes.
      • Existing rateable values - a gauge of rental values - are based on a snapshot of the economy in 1993.
      • It gives you a visual gauge on your cycle breathing, with a few bits and pieces.
      • Lists have become an all-pervading gauge of how we categorise and celebrate the achievements of that particular tribe of mankind who have chosen to live in the public eye.
      • It's the newest gauge of how vigilant a parent you are.
      • You know, sometimes the police ask questions when they know the answers because that's giving you a gauge of what kind of person you're dealing with.
      • I always felt that I had a good gauge of what the market prices were and such.
      • A study addresses how economic status is no longer a sufficient gauge of a nation's well-being.
      • These entropic effects are necessary for calculating free energies, which are the true gauges of conformational stability at equilibrium.
      • Cindy… if you're using me as a reality gauge you need urgent medical help.
      • Many teachers argue the national tests are not a proper gauge of whether children can read or write and many who ‘fail’ are literate.
      • But given the political progress, that should not necessarily be considered an accurate gauge of the enemy's future.
      • The inclination to see wealth as a gauge of human worth goes back a long way.
      Synonyms
      measure, indicator, barometer, basis, standard, point of reference, guide, guideline, touchstone, yardstick, benchmark, criterion, example, model, pattern, formula, exemplar, sample, test, litmus test
  • 2The thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure.

    (作为测量标准的)厚度,尺寸,容量,尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Silk chiffon and fine gauge were paraded alongside high-ribbed cashmere sweaters in contrasting colours.
    • To judge the quality of a tufted carpet, look at both the number of stitches per inch and the gauge.
    • If you get a good tent, it's 60 gauges, about 130 pounds, it can take care of a family of five to seven throughout the winter, and you can have some items inside the tent that will keep the family warm.
    • Other popular fabrics for the season include corduroy, but in a finer gauge than was worn during the autumn and winter, and very fine woollens and knitwear.
    • A rough analogy: using a net of a certain gauge will fail to catch fish of a certain size, but these uncaught ones are not a definite category of fish.
    Synonyms
    size, measure, extent, degree, scope, capacity, magnitude
    1. 2.1 The diameter of a wire, fibre, tube, etc.
      (线、绳、纤维、管道等的)直径
      as modifier a fine 0.018-inch gauge wire

      一根直径为0.018英寸的细电线。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The resulting designs usually used the same gauge wiring on the neutral as on the supply.
      • Test for sensation in the affected areas using a fine gauge needle.
      • Of course we would like it because it was part of the No.8 gauge galvanised iron wire that was used in the original overland telegraph line.
      • In one case, 10 - gauge aluminum wire was used to tie rebar together.
      • In a totally unscientific test I poked myself with an 18 gauge needle.
      • They are not made with the thinner gauge wire which can be easily damaged and bent.
      • Use 28 - gauge copper and gold-colored wire to string the beads.
      • They are constructed of welded 12 gauge galvanized steel wire, low in maintenance and easy to put up.
      • The leads are introduced into the patient's muscles via a small gauge hollow-bore needle.
      • The hepatic portal vein was cannulated with an appropriate gauge catheter and the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava (superior to the kidney) were both cut.
      • Most people tend to ignore tensile strength and concentrate more on the gauge and diameter - but they shouldn't.
      • Ideally, the smallest gauge needle, usually 25 to 30, should be used to inject all anesthetics.
      • These wires appear to be regularly intersected and perhaps also supported by wire of a lighter gauge suspended from above.
      • Use a one millilitre syringe and as fine a needle you can get - I use a 25 gauge but these may not be easily available.
      • Be sure to use the proper gauge wiring in extension cords.
      • Weekly blood samples were taken from the brachial vein using a 26.5 gauge needle and heparinized microcapillary tubes.
      • Stomachs were pumped in the field with a 10 cc syringe fitted with 18 - gauge rubber tubing.
      • We use 16 - gauge aluminum wire, as it is easy to bend and produces a light sculpture.
      • Nine gauge or thicker wire is best, which we cut in five to six foot lengths.
      • First I have to select the proper gauge rope, and then I weave the net in a particular pattern to ensure that it has the proper balance of strength and flexibility.
    2. 2.2in combination A measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 lb (454 g) of lead.
      (枪管的)口径
      as modifier a 12-gauge shotgun

      一支口径为12的猎枪。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said he saw a bandoleer, which held 12 - gauge shotgun shells, but no guns.
      • When I began hunting, there were a lot of 16 - gauge shotguns around.
      • At the other end of the spectrum is the mundane 12 - gauge pump shotgun.
      • For example, suppose you accidentally loaded a 20-gauge shell into a 12 - gauge shotgun.
      • Most shooters described it as similar to a 12 - gauge shotgun.
      • These targets malfunctioned on at least two stages, especially with 20 gauge ammo, leading to concern about equitable scoring.
      • The future should include an increasing variety of gauges, barrel lengths and sport-specific models.
      • Some of his deep throws died like a duck hit with a bullet from a 12 - gauge shotgun.
      • In the loft they found a sawn-off, single-barrel 12 - gauge shotgun, a cartridge belt and a number of cartridges which were compatible with the gun.
      • There's nothing more fun than a good, lively debate about shotgun gauges.
      • Adapters and wads are available for most handgun and rifle calibers, and 12 - gauge shotguns.
      • They both had automatic 12 - gauge shotguns, and I'm going to say that each one was carrying a satchel filled with four boxes of ammo.
      • This is a luxury the tank provides, a fine opportunity to use a lighter gauge for closer shots.
      • Reaching for the riding crop and the 12 gauge, I check the oiling.
      • The thickness of those seven pages is approximately equal to the constriction of a modified choke in a 12 - gauge barrel.
      • She said he did not have a permit for any of the weapons he was carrying: a semiautomatic assault rifle, a 12 - gauge shotgun and a pistol.
      • A 12 - gauge shotgun firing bean bags, or small sacks filled with sand, suffered the same defect.
      • It can manage any bore size from .22 to 10 gauge and barrels up to 30 inches long.
      • In whatever vehicle he was driving, a double-barreled, 12 - gauge shotgun resided somewhere near at hand.
      • Evidence of this has been recovered from the wrecks of the San Juan de Sicilia in Tobermory Bay and La Trinidad Valencera in the form of gunners' rules and shot gauges.
      Synonyms
      bore, diameter
    3. 2.3in combination The thickness of sheet metal or plastic.
      金属板(或塑料)的厚度
      as modifier 500-gauge polythene

      厚度为500的聚乙烯。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sheetmetal comes in different thicknesses, from 16 gauge to 30 gauge, with lower numbers being thicker.
      • The slats of this blind are made from several different gauges of aluminum.
      • Heavy gauge sheet materials are used by a variety of industries for a myriad of products.
      • Where necessary, 2x1 planed timber will be used for supporting the polythene, and in all cases only 1000 gauge polythene will be used.
      • As each student completed a satisfactory drawing on paper, he or she cut it out and taped it onto a piece of 36 - gauge aluminum foil.
      • Self-tapping screws have a special point that resembles a drill bit and are capable of cutting their own pilot hole in light gauge sheet metal.
      • Tension specimens, gage length 25 by 10 mm, were cut along the rolling direction from the following 1.2 mm sheet aluminum alloys.
    4. 2.4 The distance between the rails of a line of railway track.
      (铁道的)轨距
      the line was laid to a gauge of 2 ft 9 ins

      轨道是按2英尺9英寸的轨距铺设的。参见LOADING GAUGE。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is the gauge used by almost every railway in North America, but this wasn't always the case.
      • In Japan they built their Shinkansen lines to a different gauge from the rest of the network precisely because it made it impossible for other types of trains to use it.
      • It owns and runs a miniature railway that has a five-inch gauge track 1,605 ft long.
      • Alternatively, we could work with a narrower gauge track for the meantime and upgrade the line as need be.
      • Because of different rail gauges, sometimes freight had to be unloaded and then reloaded on boxcars.
      • Narrow Gauge is a description of a railway's track gauge.
      • Incidentally, the references to the Australian system are to the way its (state-run) railways ended up with three separate track gauges.
      • The colonies built their lines with different gauges.
      • They made their rail gauge 5 feet, as opposed to the usual 4 feet 8 ½ inches used by Germany.
      • The angular transducer data are used for the assessment of the track gauge and to determine the trolley wobble between the rails.
      • The gauge on the railways are all different, so that you can't travel any distance by train without having to change.
      • You couldn't get on the one train and catch that same train all the way round Australia because of different rail gauges.
      • Most notoriously, the colonies built rail systems with different track gauges.
      • The book ranges over countless topics, from the share market to academia to rail gauges.
      • The dual gauge rail loop will give trains from regional areas direct access to North Quay in the inner harbour.
      • Multiple currencies are as sensible as different rail gauges and different power sockets - they are an anachronistic inconvenience and costly.
      • What was even more striking was that seven had never seen ‘a railway’ though a metre gauge line runs through the district for almost 1000 miles.
      • To slow them down they built their tracks using a wider gauge.
      • It cannot manufacture for export because of different gauges used in railways abroad.
      • While on the Australian federal system, I could also mention that Australia uses three different incompatible railway gauges, and the only states that use the same gauge as each other have no common borders.
  • 3Nautical
    archaic The position of a sailing ship to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another.

    〔航海〕〈史〉(航行船只相对于其他船只的上风[weather gage]或下风[lee gage])位置

    the French fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A ship sought weather gage of its enemy, so that it had freedom of maneuver, and could close if it wished.
verb ɡeɪdʒɡeɪdʒ
[with object]
  • 1Estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of.

    估计(或判断)的级别(或数量、体积)

    astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness

    天文学家可以判断出星星的内在亮度。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Targeted mostly at men, the program gauges fat loss through waist measurement, not weight, and encourages lifestyle changes, such as eating differently and exercising more.
    • The correlation between size - as measured by fanbase - and stature - as gauged by success - used to be universal.
    • To gauge the right quantity of the stabilizer, consult the instructions on its can.
    • What's the best way then to measure particle pollution so that we can gauge the full impact of diesel exhaust?
    • Researchers also recorded the subjects' body mass index - a measure used to gauge obesity.
    • The researchers relied on a measure known as body mass index to gauge obesity.
    • When taken together, these two measurements can help people who engage in addictive behaviors gauge their progression into addiction.
    • That portrait paradigm measured an image's accuracy by gauging its success in representing the precise topography of its subject's face.
    • A measure of the popularity of this district can be gauged by the bookings.
    • The consultation process is part of a Government exercise to gauge public support for a directly elected regional assembly for Yorkshire and the Humber.
    • Doctors are now better at using indirect measures to gauge pain and the effectiveness of treatment, and self controlled analgesia and epidural anaesthesia have been adapted for use in children.
    • You can only gauge how well any tool works by putting it into action.
    • Radar gun readings gauge the raw ability of pitchers, but no such measure exists for hitters.
    • This approach of measuring user performance helps us gauge the quality of our improvements through successive rounds of refinement of the architecture.
    • How do we measure democracy or gauge our transformation over the last ten years?
    • They attempted to gauge sediment deposits over that period by measuring core-layer fluctuations in the ratio of barium to calcium.
    • The researchers note that their study only measured eye movement, and did not directly gauge a driver's concentration or attention.
    • While the report speaks glowingly about the positive economic spinoffs of a healthy arts community, measuring a city's culture isn't the same as gauging the impact of, say, its manufacturing sector.
    • The enzyme's angular torque profile under load can be gauged by measuring the average curvature and the stochastic fluctuations of actin filaments.
    • The length of his contract is measured in years, but his popularity and competence are gauged from game to game, on a sliding scale that depends largely on what hot coaches are on the market.
    Synonyms
    measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
    count, weigh, quantify, put a figure on
    1. 1.1 Judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.)
      对(形势、心情等)作出判断,猜测
      she was unable to gauge his mood

      她猜不透他的心思。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Leaders should then take the process one step further by setting specific goals - the measures for gauging whether or not they're getting close to fulfilling their mission.
      • They sat gauging the situation by their mother's expression.
      • The toughest part of their work is the futility of using quantitative measurements to gauge performance.
      • It looks as if our ‘leaders’ are listening to the poor, that they are using the opportunity provided by electioneering to gauge the public mood.
      • But as an election is less than a year away, most political activists will prefer to save their energies for gauging public mood and speculation about who will be bed down politically with whom thereafter.
      • It wasn't just the rain that made me less than enthusiastic as I listened to the speeches and tried to gauge the mood around me.
      • In the end the party was a success, and I gauge that on a few measures.
      • By what measures do you gauge your endorsement?
      • No longer, then, do we call upon the great books or teachings of western culture to measure our words or gauge our actions.
      • Whips try to gauge the mood of members, assess how they will express their unhappiness with party policies, and cajole, bully, or conciliate the potential dissident.
      • The measure of what I say can be gauged from our treatment of our emigrants.
      • Usually she could gauge his moods but this was an extreme situation.
      • It's also a valuable and necessary means of measuring the facility department's performance and gauging areas where improvement may be needed.
      • The big decisions can wait until the summer after he has had a chance to gauge the situation.
      • Not in recent memory has it been so difficult to gauge the prospects for going public, but a veteran entrepreneur helps clear things up.
      • These types really reflect different ways of gauging the validity of a measure of a concept.
      • Armed with information he could gauge the situation, perhaps simply buying cheap or, more subtly, offering new violins for old.
      • Since then sociologists and pollsters have returned periodically to gauge the mood of Middle America.
      • I had now learned to gauge her emotional moods like a seismologist reads a Richter scale.
      • Under that model, teachers, students, and schools are gauged by how their test scores measure up.
      Synonyms
      assess, evaluate, appraise, analyse, weigh up, get the measure of, judge, adjudge, rate, reckon, determine, estimate, guess
      form an opinion of, form an impression of, make up one's mind about
      informal guesstimate, size up
  • 2Measure the dimensions of (an object) with a gauge.

    (用量具)测量(物体)

    when dry the assemblies can be gauged exactly

    这些配件干的时候,就可以准确测量并刨到规定的宽度。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It isn't a tangible quantity; it can't be measured or gauged.
    • It had 400 full-time people working in the water and soil division, gauging the rivers and measuring the flows.
    • Wendy pulled out a tape measure and gauged the distance between the side of the dryer and the wall.
    • The machine gauges the coin's weight and dimensions very quickly.
    • We looked for a scale or some measuring instrument and eventually found a makeshift stick to gauge the quantity left.
    Synonyms
    measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
    1. 2.1as adjective gauged Made in standard dimensions.
      按标准尺寸制作
      gauged sets of strings

      成套的标准绳。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • For the firebox and hearth, we selected African Prairie Slate, a richly patterned stone that is sold in gauged (evenly thick) 12-inch squares.
      • Covered in gauged green slate tiles, the garage has the look of a built-in.

Derivatives

  • gaugeable

  • adjective ˈɡeɪdʒəb(ə)lˈɡeɪdʒəb(ə)l
    • Even if the sheet is thick enough to sustain tapping, it may actually be more economical to use self-clinching fasteners with gaugeable threads.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To achieve authentic results for the lifetime of your coatings you have to test them under gageable conditions.
      • Once leaks are identified, using gaugeable tube fittings reduces problems, improves equipment reliability, and conserves energy.
      • The measuring device of the invention is gaugeable and is capable of complying with industry requirements.
      • Younger award winners, for example, are frequently research partners, whose visits are likely to produce more gaugeable results.
  • gauger

  • noun ˈɡeɪdʒəˈɡeɪdʒər
    • Later, he also worked as a surveyor and wine gauger.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Contact gagers are accurate for fairly limited thickness ranges of strip, but suffer from several disadvantages.
      • The chart below provides historic Average Annual Wages for Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers in the U.S.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a standard measure): from Old French gauge (noun), gauger (verb), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun), jauger (verb), of unknown origin.

Rhymes

age, assuage, backstage, cage, downstage, engage, enrage, gage, mage, multistage, offstage, onstage, Osage, page, Paige, rage, rampage, sage, stage, swage, under-age, upstage, wage

Definition of gauge in US English:

gauge

(also gage)
nounɡeɪdʒɡāj
  • 1An instrument or device for measuring the magnitude, amount, or contents of something, typically with a visual display of such information.

    (测量级别、数量或成分的)量具,量器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was still travelling at a reckless speed, but he didn't dare slow down as the needle on the fuel gauge had dropped to the lowest possible level.
    • Early in the session, both market gauges hit their highest levels since June 3, 2002.
    • The Environment Agency's rain level gauges around the region confirmed the intensity of the downpour.
    • It includes a four-cup drink holder, center storage basket, low oil and fuel gauges or a state-of-charge meter.
    • The gauge automatically holds and displays the exact weight and will provide you with an average of up to 10 readings.
    • He also checked the two visual fuel gauges on the left forward face of the bomb bay bulkhead behind the flight deck.
    • On a desktop computer in the debrief room, you can display flight instruments, gauges, flight paths, and tactical plots.
    • Two displacement gauges are installed at the opposite side of the plate, which is averaged to determine the ground displacement.
    • Historically, pressure has been measured with gauges that monitor the displacement of a mechanical element.
    • Your eyes are riveted to the fuel and engine gauges - flow meter, mixture, tachometer, manifold pressure.
    • What is required is a coordinated international system of pressure sensors and water level gauges linked by reliable communications to a centre for the rapid processing, analysis and release of alerts.
    • On some equipment, a visual sight glass or gauge shows fluid levels without opening the system, while on others a dipstick or other manual measuring device is used.
    • The fuel gauges indicated between 180 and 190 pounds per side as we cleared the active runway.
    • I scanned the engine instruments and hydraulic gauges and was relieved to find normal indications.
    • Its new electric utility vehicle features a fuel gauge that displays the current level of battery power.
    • To that end, manufacturers continue to refine the location of switches, gauges, and display panels so the operator can see them quickly and easily.
    • Above ground, computerized gauges monitor soil settlement to aid with the grouting operations.
    • This type of blower door has several gauges that measure the amount of air pulled out of the house by the fan.
    • When I made an instrument approach, the fuel gauge was on empty.
    • They even added educational features, such as exposed equipment gauges and meters, so students could track the amount of energy the school is saving.
    Synonyms
    measuring instrument, measuring device, meter, measure
    1. 1.1 A tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension.
      标准尺
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Jointer gauges are not particularly rare tools.
      • She opens the lid to display an array of instruments and enthusiastically picks out a tool gauge and micrometer.
      • This required both the design of unprecedented machines and machine tools, and a radical redesign of gauges which could pass good parts at the required microlevel of accuracy.
      • If you're using a multisize pattern, mark accurate stitching lines on the tissue using a seam gauge and fine-point pen.
      • They had been using feeler and plug gages to check the center discs that are stamped for the steel auto wheels it produces; there are 40 disc variations in production.
    2. 1.2 A means of estimating something; a criterion or test.
      〈喻〉估计方法;判断标准;测试(标准)
      emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease

      移民可能是社会不安定程度最好的晴雨表。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • End-systolic dimension is another helpful gauge in determining the need for surgery.
      • I always felt that I had a good gauge of what the market prices were and such.
      • While focus groups do not provide a representative sample, they do offer a gauge of general attitudes.
      • Cindy… if you're using me as a reality gauge you need urgent medical help.
      • To him the gauge of ‘rightness’ is inclusion in and support by the major and calcified institutions to which Trudeau has been admitted.
      • A study addresses how economic status is no longer a sufficient gauge of a nation's well-being.
      • He has his own gauge of whether his dishes work or not.
      • It's still a great gauge of an artist's popularity, and it tells the business world that the record company is doing things right.
      • Lists have become an all-pervading gauge of how we categorise and celebrate the achievements of that particular tribe of mankind who have chosen to live in the public eye.
      • Existing rateable values - a gauge of rental values - are based on a snapshot of the economy in 1993.
      • These entropic effects are necessary for calculating free energies, which are the true gauges of conformational stability at equilibrium.
      • If so, do you check the motor vehicle driving record of power boat operators as a gauge of their driving habits?
      • It gives you a visual gauge on your cycle breathing, with a few bits and pieces.
      • Many teachers argue the national tests are not a proper gauge of whether children can read or write and many who ‘fail’ are literate.
      • The inclination to see wealth as a gauge of human worth goes back a long way.
      • But to measure a language by its literature is not necessarily an accurate gauge of its health at street-level.
      • What I do have problems with is having to change my counter so I can get an accurate gauge of things.
      • But given the political progress, that should not necessarily be considered an accurate gauge of the enemy's future.
      • It's the newest gauge of how vigilant a parent you are.
      • You know, sometimes the police ask questions when they know the answers because that's giving you a gauge of what kind of person you're dealing with.
      Synonyms
      measure, indicator, barometer, basis, standard, point of reference, guide, guideline, touchstone, yardstick, benchmark, criterion, example, model, pattern, formula, exemplar, sample, test, litmus test
  • 2The thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure.

    (作为测量标准的)厚度,尺寸,容量,尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Silk chiffon and fine gauge were paraded alongside high-ribbed cashmere sweaters in contrasting colours.
    • A rough analogy: using a net of a certain gauge will fail to catch fish of a certain size, but these uncaught ones are not a definite category of fish.
    • To judge the quality of a tufted carpet, look at both the number of stitches per inch and the gauge.
    • If you get a good tent, it's 60 gauges, about 130 pounds, it can take care of a family of five to seven throughout the winter, and you can have some items inside the tent that will keep the family warm.
    • Other popular fabrics for the season include corduroy, but in a finer gauge than was worn during the autumn and winter, and very fine woollens and knitwear.
    Synonyms
    size, measure, extent, degree, scope, capacity, magnitude
    1. 2.1 The diameter of a string, fiber, tube, etc.
      (线、绳、纤维、管道等的)直径
      as modifier a fine 0.018-inch gauge wire

      一根直径为0.018英寸的细电线。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The hepatic portal vein was cannulated with an appropriate gauge catheter and the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava (superior to the kidney) were both cut.
      • Weekly blood samples were taken from the brachial vein using a 26.5 gauge needle and heparinized microcapillary tubes.
      • Ideally, the smallest gauge needle, usually 25 to 30, should be used to inject all anesthetics.
      • In a totally unscientific test I poked myself with an 18 gauge needle.
      • Most people tend to ignore tensile strength and concentrate more on the gauge and diameter - but they shouldn't.
      • They are constructed of welded 12 gauge galvanized steel wire, low in maintenance and easy to put up.
      • The leads are introduced into the patient's muscles via a small gauge hollow-bore needle.
      • Of course we would like it because it was part of the No.8 gauge galvanised iron wire that was used in the original overland telegraph line.
      • Use 28 - gauge copper and gold-colored wire to string the beads.
      • We use 16 - gauge aluminum wire, as it is easy to bend and produces a light sculpture.
      • Be sure to use the proper gauge wiring in extension cords.
      • They are not made with the thinner gauge wire which can be easily damaged and bent.
      • The resulting designs usually used the same gauge wiring on the neutral as on the supply.
      • Nine gauge or thicker wire is best, which we cut in five to six foot lengths.
      • These wires appear to be regularly intersected and perhaps also supported by wire of a lighter gauge suspended from above.
      • Use a one millilitre syringe and as fine a needle you can get - I use a 25 gauge but these may not be easily available.
      • In one case, 10 - gauge aluminum wire was used to tie rebar together.
      • Stomachs were pumped in the field with a 10 cc syringe fitted with 18 - gauge rubber tubing.
      • Test for sensation in the affected areas using a fine gauge needle.
      • First I have to select the proper gauge rope, and then I weave the net in a particular pattern to ensure that it has the proper balance of strength and flexibility.
    2. 2.2in combination A measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 pound (454 g) of lead.
      (枪管的)口径
      as modifier a 12-gauge shotgun

      一支口径为12的猎枪。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Adapters and wads are available for most handgun and rifle calibers, and 12 - gauge shotguns.
      • Evidence of this has been recovered from the wrecks of the San Juan de Sicilia in Tobermory Bay and La Trinidad Valencera in the form of gunners' rules and shot gauges.
      • In the loft they found a sawn-off, single-barrel 12 - gauge shotgun, a cartridge belt and a number of cartridges which were compatible with the gun.
      • The thickness of those seven pages is approximately equal to the constriction of a modified choke in a 12 - gauge barrel.
      • The future should include an increasing variety of gauges, barrel lengths and sport-specific models.
      • They both had automatic 12 - gauge shotguns, and I'm going to say that each one was carrying a satchel filled with four boxes of ammo.
      • A 12 - gauge shotgun firing bean bags, or small sacks filled with sand, suffered the same defect.
      • She said he did not have a permit for any of the weapons he was carrying: a semiautomatic assault rifle, a 12 - gauge shotgun and a pistol.
      • It can manage any bore size from .22 to 10 gauge and barrels up to 30 inches long.
      • Most shooters described it as similar to a 12 - gauge shotgun.
      • When I began hunting, there were a lot of 16 - gauge shotguns around.
      • This is a luxury the tank provides, a fine opportunity to use a lighter gauge for closer shots.
      • Some of his deep throws died like a duck hit with a bullet from a 12 - gauge shotgun.
      • Reaching for the riding crop and the 12 gauge, I check the oiling.
      • In whatever vehicle he was driving, a double-barreled, 12 - gauge shotgun resided somewhere near at hand.
      • For example, suppose you accidentally loaded a 20-gauge shell into a 12 - gauge shotgun.
      • He said he saw a bandoleer, which held 12 - gauge shotgun shells, but no guns.
      • These targets malfunctioned on at least two stages, especially with 20 gauge ammo, leading to concern about equitable scoring.
      • At the other end of the spectrum is the mundane 12 - gauge pump shotgun.
      • There's nothing more fun than a good, lively debate about shotgun gauges.
      Synonyms
      bore, diameter
    3. 2.3in combination The thickness of sheet metal or plastic.
      金属板(或塑料)的厚度
      as modifier 500-gauge polyethylene

      厚度为500的聚乙烯。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Where necessary, 2x1 planed timber will be used for supporting the polythene, and in all cases only 1000 gauge polythene will be used.
      • Self-tapping screws have a special point that resembles a drill bit and are capable of cutting their own pilot hole in light gauge sheet metal.
      • As each student completed a satisfactory drawing on paper, he or she cut it out and taped it onto a piece of 36 - gauge aluminum foil.
      • Tension specimens, gage length 25 by 10 mm, were cut along the rolling direction from the following 1.2 mm sheet aluminum alloys.
      • Heavy gauge sheet materials are used by a variety of industries for a myriad of products.
      • The slats of this blind are made from several different gauges of aluminum.
      • Sheetmetal comes in different thicknesses, from 16 gauge to 30 gauge, with lower numbers being thicker.
    4. 2.4 The distance between the rails of a line of railroad track.
      (铁道的)轨距
      the line was laid to a gauge of 2 ft. 9 in

      轨道是按2英尺9英寸的轨距铺设的。参见LOADING GAUGE。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You couldn't get on the one train and catch that same train all the way round Australia because of different rail gauges.
      • To slow them down they built their tracks using a wider gauge.
      • Narrow Gauge is a description of a railway's track gauge.
      • The angular transducer data are used for the assessment of the track gauge and to determine the trolley wobble between the rails.
      • What was even more striking was that seven had never seen ‘a railway’ though a metre gauge line runs through the district for almost 1000 miles.
      • The book ranges over countless topics, from the share market to academia to rail gauges.
      • It owns and runs a miniature railway that has a five-inch gauge track 1,605 ft long.
      • In Japan they built their Shinkansen lines to a different gauge from the rest of the network precisely because it made it impossible for other types of trains to use it.
      • The colonies built their lines with different gauges.
      • The gauge on the railways are all different, so that you can't travel any distance by train without having to change.
      • Alternatively, we could work with a narrower gauge track for the meantime and upgrade the line as need be.
      • Most notoriously, the colonies built rail systems with different track gauges.
      • Multiple currencies are as sensible as different rail gauges and different power sockets - they are an anachronistic inconvenience and costly.
      • The dual gauge rail loop will give trains from regional areas direct access to North Quay in the inner harbour.
      • It is the gauge used by almost every railway in North America, but this wasn't always the case.
      • Because of different rail gauges, sometimes freight had to be unloaded and then reloaded on boxcars.
      • Incidentally, the references to the Australian system are to the way its (state-run) railways ended up with three separate track gauges.
      • They made their rail gauge 5 feet, as opposed to the usual 4 feet 8 ½ inches used by Germany.
      • It cannot manufacture for export because of different gauges used in railways abroad.
      • While on the Australian federal system, I could also mention that Australia uses three different incompatible railway gauges, and the only states that use the same gauge as each other have no common borders.
  • 3usually the gageNautical
    archaic The position of a sailing vessel to windward (weather gage) or leeward (lee gage) of another.

    〔航海〕〈史〉(航行船只相对于其他船只的上风[weather gage]或下风[lee gage])位置

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A ship sought weather gage of its enemy, so that it had freedom of maneuver, and could close if it wished.
verbɡeɪdʒɡāj
[with object]
  • 1Estimate or determine the magnitude, amount, or volume of.

    估计(或判断)的级别(或数量、体积)

    astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness

    天文学家可以判断出星星的内在亮度。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • How do we measure democracy or gauge our transformation over the last ten years?
    • They attempted to gauge sediment deposits over that period by measuring core-layer fluctuations in the ratio of barium to calcium.
    • What's the best way then to measure particle pollution so that we can gauge the full impact of diesel exhaust?
    • The length of his contract is measured in years, but his popularity and competence are gauged from game to game, on a sliding scale that depends largely on what hot coaches are on the market.
    • To gauge the right quantity of the stabilizer, consult the instructions on its can.
    • The consultation process is part of a Government exercise to gauge public support for a directly elected regional assembly for Yorkshire and the Humber.
    • The researchers relied on a measure known as body mass index to gauge obesity.
    • Researchers also recorded the subjects' body mass index - a measure used to gauge obesity.
    • That portrait paradigm measured an image's accuracy by gauging its success in representing the precise topography of its subject's face.
    • This approach of measuring user performance helps us gauge the quality of our improvements through successive rounds of refinement of the architecture.
    • A measure of the popularity of this district can be gauged by the bookings.
    • Radar gun readings gauge the raw ability of pitchers, but no such measure exists for hitters.
    • When taken together, these two measurements can help people who engage in addictive behaviors gauge their progression into addiction.
    • Doctors are now better at using indirect measures to gauge pain and the effectiveness of treatment, and self controlled analgesia and epidural anaesthesia have been adapted for use in children.
    • The enzyme's angular torque profile under load can be gauged by measuring the average curvature and the stochastic fluctuations of actin filaments.
    • The correlation between size - as measured by fanbase - and stature - as gauged by success - used to be universal.
    • The researchers note that their study only measured eye movement, and did not directly gauge a driver's concentration or attention.
    • You can only gauge how well any tool works by putting it into action.
    • Targeted mostly at men, the program gauges fat loss through waist measurement, not weight, and encourages lifestyle changes, such as eating differently and exercising more.
    • While the report speaks glowingly about the positive economic spinoffs of a healthy arts community, measuring a city's culture isn't the same as gauging the impact of, say, its manufacturing sector.
    Synonyms
    compute, calculate, work out
    measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
    1. 1.1 Form a judgment or estimate of (a situation, mood, etc.)
      对(形势、心情等)作出判断,猜测
      she is unable to gauge his mood

      她猜不透他的心思。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The measure of what I say can be gauged from our treatment of our emigrants.
      • It looks as if our ‘leaders’ are listening to the poor, that they are using the opportunity provided by electioneering to gauge the public mood.
      • Armed with information he could gauge the situation, perhaps simply buying cheap or, more subtly, offering new violins for old.
      • Not in recent memory has it been so difficult to gauge the prospects for going public, but a veteran entrepreneur helps clear things up.
      • I had now learned to gauge her emotional moods like a seismologist reads a Richter scale.
      • The big decisions can wait until the summer after he has had a chance to gauge the situation.
      • They sat gauging the situation by their mother's expression.
      • In the end the party was a success, and I gauge that on a few measures.
      • Whips try to gauge the mood of members, assess how they will express their unhappiness with party policies, and cajole, bully, or conciliate the potential dissident.
      • It wasn't just the rain that made me less than enthusiastic as I listened to the speeches and tried to gauge the mood around me.
      • These types really reflect different ways of gauging the validity of a measure of a concept.
      • Usually she could gauge his moods but this was an extreme situation.
      • It's also a valuable and necessary means of measuring the facility department's performance and gauging areas where improvement may be needed.
      • Under that model, teachers, students, and schools are gauged by how their test scores measure up.
      • Leaders should then take the process one step further by setting specific goals - the measures for gauging whether or not they're getting close to fulfilling their mission.
      • Since then sociologists and pollsters have returned periodically to gauge the mood of Middle America.
      • But as an election is less than a year away, most political activists will prefer to save their energies for gauging public mood and speculation about who will be bed down politically with whom thereafter.
      • By what measures do you gauge your endorsement?
      • The toughest part of their work is the futility of using quantitative measurements to gauge performance.
      • No longer, then, do we call upon the great books or teachings of western culture to measure our words or gauge our actions.
      Synonyms
      assess, evaluate, appraise, analyse, weigh up, get the measure of, judge, adjudge, rate, reckon, determine, estimate, guess
  • 2Measure the dimensions of (an object) with a gauge.

    (用量具)测量(物体)

    when dry, the assemblies can be gauged exactly and planed to width

    这些配件干的时候,就可以准确测量并刨到规定的宽度。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The machine gauges the coin's weight and dimensions very quickly.
    • We looked for a scale or some measuring instrument and eventually found a makeshift stick to gauge the quantity left.
    • It isn't a tangible quantity; it can't be measured or gauged.
    • Wendy pulled out a tape measure and gauged the distance between the side of the dryer and the wall.
    • It had 400 full-time people working in the water and soil division, gauging the rivers and measuring the flows.
    Synonyms
    measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
    1. 2.1as adjective gauged Made in standard dimensions.
      按标准尺寸制作
      gauged sets of strings

      成套的标准绳。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Covered in gauged green slate tiles, the garage has the look of a built-in.
      • For the firebox and hearth, we selected African Prairie Slate, a richly patterned stone that is sold in gauged (evenly thick) 12-inch squares.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a standard measure): from Old French gauge (noun), gauger (verb), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun), jauger (verb), of unknown origin.

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