Measure
['meʒə] or ['mɛʒɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.
(noun.) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; 'the situation called for strong measures'; 'the police took steps to reduce crime'.
(noun.) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.
(noun.) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; 'the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song'.
(verb.) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; 'Measure the length of the wall'.
(verb.) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; 'I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional'; 'access all the factors when taking a risk'.
(verb.) have certain dimensions; 'This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches'.
編輯:丽诺尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
(n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
(n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
(n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
(n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
(n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
(n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
(n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
(n.) Regulated division of movement
(n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
(n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
(n.) The space between two bars.
(a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
(a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
(a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
(a.) The act of measuring; measurement.
(a.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
(n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
(n.) To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
(n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
(n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
(n.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
(v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements.
(v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
(v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Standard (of size or of quantity).[2]. Rule, gauge.[3]. Degree, extent.[4]. Metre.
v. a. [1]. Mete.[2]. Estimate, appraise, judge of.[3]. Adjust, proportion, gauge.[4]. Distribute, allot, apportion, mete out.
整理:莫顿
同義詞及反義詞：
[See DIMENSION]
SYN:Mete, estimate, gauge, value, appraise
ANT:Misfit, misconform, mismeasure, misdeal, misapportion
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解釋/意思:
n. that by which extent is ascertained or expressed: the size of anything: a rule or standard by which anything is adjusted (Apothecaries' Cubic Decimal Dry Liquid &c.): (politics) a proposal or plan by which some end can be brought about: proportion: a stated quantity: degree: extent: moderation: means to an end: metre: (mus.) that division of time containing a specified number of beats by which the air and motion of music are regulated: rate of movement time rhythm metre arrangement of syllables in poetry: a slow and stately dance as the minuet: (print.) the width of a page or column usually in ems: (pl. geol.) a series of beds or strata.—v.t. to ascertain the dimensions of: to adjust by a rule or standard: to mark out: to allot: to show a certain measurement.—v.i. to be of a certain size: to be equal or uniform.—adj. Meas′urable that may be measured or computed: moderate: in small quantity or extent.—n. Meas′urableness the quality of being measurable.—adv. Meas′urably.—adjs. Meas′ured of a certain measure: equal: uniform: steady: restricted; Meas′ureless boundless: immense.—ns. Meas′urement the act of measuring: quantity found by measuring—(Measurement goods light goods carried for charges according to bulk not weight); Meas′urer one who or that which measures.—adj. Meas′uring that measures or fitted for measuring.—Measure one's length to fall or be thrown down at full length; Measure strength to engage in a contest; Measure swords to fight with swords: to try one's skill against.—Above or Beyond measure to an exceedingly great degree; In a measure to some degree.—Take measures to adopt means (to gain an end); Take one's measure to find out what one is and what he can or cannot do; Tread a measure to dance; Use hard measures to apply harsh treatment to; Within measure moderately; Without measure immoderately.
錄入:皮埃尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Sell her her waste, please, and give her good measure if you can make up your mind to do the liberal thing for once. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I signified my readiness to proceed, but our guides protested against such a measure. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- When a man cannot measure, and a great many others who cannot measure declare that he is four cubits high, can he help believing what they say? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- A thorough, determined dislike of me--a dislike which I cannot but attribute in some measure to jealousy. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The measure of our self-consciousness will more or less determine whether we are to be the victims or the masters of change. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- One good deed or one bad one is no measure of a man's character: the Last Judgment let us hope will be no series of decisions as simple as that. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The palliative measures we may pass by quickly. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- There were numerous dragon flies--one found in the Belgian coal-measures had a wing span of twenty-nine inches! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He spoke of the state of England; the necessary measures to be taken to ensure its security, and confirm its prosperity. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The error is in implying that we must adopt measures of subordination rather than of utilization to secure efficiency. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Yes or no, and no half measures! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The colonists took counter-measures. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The speed with which sounds travels through the air, or its velocity, was first measured by noting the interval (54. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Every event was measured by the emotions of the mind, not by its actual existence, for existence it had none. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- You can speak of her in that measured way, as simply a beautiful creature--only something to catch the eye. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I mean, as to the worth and value of her friend,' Mrs Lammle explained, in a measured voice, and with an emphasis on her last word. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- We treat it simply as a privation because we are measuring it by adulthood as a fixed standard. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Voltmeters (Fig. 236), or instruments for measuring voltage, are like ammeters except that a wire of very high resistance is in circuit with the movable coil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In measuring time we cannot rely on our inward impressions; we even criticize these impressions and spe ak of time as going slowly or quickly. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The thought of our own times has not out-stripped language; a want of Plato's 'art of measuring' is the rule cause of the disproportion between them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- One light-measuring scale depends upon the law that the intensity of illumination decreases with the square of the distance of the object from the light. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Those who spoke of justice as a cube, of virtue as an art of measuring (Prot. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- What was needed was some device to serve as an accurate speed governor--and the attainment of this essential device is the one thing on which accurate time measuring depends. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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