barometer

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n. 气压计 [化] 气压计

发音

UK /bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
US /bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
US /bəˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ/
AU /bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
AU /bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.ɾə(ɹ)/
IN /bæ.ro.mi.ʈə(r)/

词形变化

barometers 复数 barometers

别名

barometre

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

    气压表

    气压计

  2. 2.

    Anything used as a gauge or indicator.

    比喻 引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

measuring device

下位词 6

aneroid aneroid barometer barograph mercury barometer statoscope weatherglass

相关短语

aneroid barometer [化] 无液气压计 [医] 无液气压计 mercury barometer [化] 水银气压计 Torricellian barometer water barometer Fortin barometer [化] 福丁气压计

词源

From baro- + -meter. Coined in 1665 by Robert Boyle as a name for the instrument invented by Torricelli some 20 years earlier; soon thereafter borrowed from English into various languages.

来源：wiktionary