Gauge

[geɪdʒ] or [gedʒ]

解释:

(noun.) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc..

(noun.) the thickness of wire.

(noun.) the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train.

(noun.) accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared.

(verb.) mix in specific proportions; 'gauge plaster'.

(verb.) adapt to a specified measurement; 'gauge the instruments'.

(verb.) measure precisely and against a standard; 'the wire is gauged'.

(verb.) determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; 'gauge the wine barrels'.

(verb.) rub to a uniform size; 'gauge bricks'.

拜伦整理--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.

(v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

(v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.

(v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.

(v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.

(n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.

(n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.

(n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

(n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.

(n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

(n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

(n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.

(n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

(n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

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同义词及近义词:

v. a. [1]. Measure (a cask, &c.), find the contents of.[2]. Measure (as to ability), estimate.

n. Measure.

弗朗西斯整理

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Measure, fathom, probe

ANT:Survey, conjecture, view, {[ecan]?}, guess, observe, mismeasure

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