- a level of quality or attainment标准, 水平：
their restaurant offers a high standard of service
他们的饭店提供高水平的服务
the government's ambition to raise standards in schools.
政府提高学校水准的雄心。
- a required or agreed level of quality or attainment规定（或一致同意）的标准, 规格：
half of the beaches fail to comply with European standards
有一半的海滩不符合欧洲的标准
mass noun their tap water was not up to standard.他们的自来水不合格。
- Brit. historical (in elementary schools) a grade of proficiency tested by examination or the form or class preparing pupils for such a grade〈英, 史〉（小学）（考试达到的）级别; 准备达到此级别的年级或班级。
- S. African (often with a specifying number) a class or year in a high school〈南非〉（通常与具体的数字连用）（中学）年级; 学年：
his education ended at standard six.
他中学六年级时辍学。
- an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations标准, 尺度; 榜样：
the wages are low by today's standards
按照现行的标准那工钱很低
the system had become an industry standard.
那系统已成为一个行业标准。
standards
principles of conduct informed by notions of honour and decency行为准则, 规范：a decline in moral standards.
道德标准的下降。
- a form of language that is widely accepted as the usual form标准语, 通行语。
- the prescribed weight of fine metal in gold or silver coins（硬币的）法定含金量（或含银量）：
the sterling standard for silver.
英国货币的法定含银量。
- a system by which the value of a currency is defined in terms of gold or silver or both（货币的金或银或金银）本位。
- a measure for timber, equivalent to 165 cu. ft (4.67 cubic metres)标准堆（木材计量单位, 等于165立方英尺, 即4.67立方米）。
- an object that is supported in an upright position, in particular被保持垂直或挺立的物体, 尤指：
- a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope旗杆上升起的军旗（或仪式用的旗帜）。
- used in names of newspapers旗报（用于报纸的名称）：
a report in the Evening Standard.
《晚旗报》上的一篇报道。
- a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height茎干挺直的树（或灌木）。
- a shrub grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form（整成树形并嫁接于挺直茎干上的）灌木。
- Botany the large, frequently erect uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower【植】（蝶形花的）旗瓣。亦称VEXILLUM.
- Botany one of the inner petals of an iris flower, frequently erect【植】（鸢尾属植物的）直立花瓣。
- an upright water or gas pipe直立水管（或煤气管）。
- (especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity（尤指爵士乐, 布鲁斯音乐）流行曲调（或歌曲）。
- used or accepted as normal or average标准的：
the standard rate of income tax
所得税的标准税率
it is standard practice in museums to register objects as they are acquired.
在获得物品时对其进行登记是博物馆的标准做法。
- (of a size, measure, design, etc.) such as is regularly used or produced; not special or exceptional（大小、尺寸、式样等）常规的; 一般性的：
all these doors come in a range of standard sizes.
所有这些门都有一系列标准大小的规格。
- (of a work, repertoire, or writer) viewed as authoritative or of permanent value and so widely read or performed（作品, 节目, 作家）经典的, 权威的：
his essays on the interpretation of reality became a standard text.
他诠释现实的论述文已成了权威文本。
- denoting or relating to the form of a language widely accepted as the usual correct form（语言）合乎规范的, 符合标准的：
speakers of standard English.
操标准英语的人。
- attrib.(of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height（树, 灌木）长于直立茎干上的。
- (of a shrub) grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form（灌木）整成树形并嫁接在直立茎干上的：
standard roses.
独干蔷薇。
raise one's（或the）standard
- chiefly figurative take up arms〈主喻〉拿起武器, 反对：
he is the only one who has dared raise his standard against her.
他是唯一敢起来反对她的人。