Grade

[greɪd] or [ɡred]

解释:

(noun.) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed.

(noun.) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; 'the road had a steep grade'.

(noun.) the height of the ground on which something stands; 'the base of the tower was below grade'.

(noun.) a degree of ablaut.

(noun.) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; 'lumber of the highest grade'.

(verb.) determine the grade of or assign a grade to.

(verb.) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; 'grade tests'; 'score the SAT essays'; 'mark homework'.

(verb.) level to the right gradient.

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解释:

(n.) A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.

(n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264.

(n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.

(n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade.

(v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.

(v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.

(v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

(n.) A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Rank, degree, step, stage.[2]. Gradient, rate of ascent or of descent (as on a railroad).

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同义词及反义词：

[See GRADATION]

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解释:

n. a degree or step in rank or dignity: the degree of slope on a road as compared with the horizontal: a class of animals produced by crossing a common breed with one purer—also adj.: a group of animals branching off from a common stem.—v.t. Grā′date to cause to blend gradually from one tint of colour to another.—v.i. to effect gradation.—adv. Gradā′tim gradually.—n. Gradā′tion a rising step by step: progress from one degree or state to another: position attained: state of being arranged in ranks: (mus.) a diatonic succession of chords: (paint.) the gradual blending of tints.—adjs. Gradā′tional; Gradā′tioned formed by gradations or stages; Grad′atory proceeding step by step adapted for walking or forward movement; Grā′dient gradually rising: rising with a regular slope.—n. the degree of slope on a road or railway: the difference in the height of the barometer between one place and another place at some distance: an incline.—ns. Grād′ienter a surveyor's instrument for determining grades; Grād′in Gradine′ one of a series of rising seats as in an amphitheatre: a raised step or ledge behind an altar; Gradin′o a decoration for the gradin.—adj. Grad′ūal advancing by grades or degrees: regular and slow.—n. in the Roman Church the portion of the mass between the epistle and the gospel formerly always sung from the steps of the altar: the book containing such anthems—also Grail.—ns. Grad′ūalism Gradūal′ity.—adv. Grad′ūally.—v.t. Grad′ūāte to divide into regular intervals: to mark with degrees: to proportion.—v.i. to pass by grades or degrees: to pass through a university course and receive a degree.—n. one admitted to a degree in a college university or society.—p.adj. Grad′ūāted marked with degrees as a thermometer.—ns. Grad′uateship; Gradūā′tion; Grad′ūātor a mathematical instrument for graduating or dividing lines into regular intervals; Graduc′tion (astron.) the division of circular arcs into degrees minutes &c.; Grā′dus a dictionary of Greek or Latin prosody—contraction of gradus ad Parnassum a step or stair to Parnassus the abode of the Muses.—Down and Up grade a descending or ascending part as of a road.

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