| 释义 |
Examples:distance measuring equipment—gauge (i.e. measuring device)—(of a measuring device) go off the scale—meter (i.e. measuring instrument)—ruler (measuring instrument)—make a gesture of measuring—graduation (of a measuring instrument)—(old) instrument even out the grain in a measuring vessel—scoop for measuring liquid—one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine—ancient measuring vessel—range (of scales or measuring equipment)—graduated measuring cylinder—titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)—lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern the letter—lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. act according to actual circumstances—measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)—lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure—Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies—Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)—measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)—earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)—lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention detail—length of clothing from shoulders bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)—a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)—volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)—stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure—administrative measure n—gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure [idiom.]—You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. [idiom.]— |