Fahrenheit

['fær(ə)nhaɪt;'fɑː-] or ['færən'haɪt]

['færən'haɪt]

解释:

(noun.) German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736).

(adj.) of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer; 'water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions' .

编辑:凯利--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.

(n.) The Fahrenheit termometer or scale.

编辑:内尔达