gauge

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n. 标准度量, 计量器 vt. 精确计量, 估计 [计] 线规

发音

CA /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
其它
US /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
UK /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
AU /ˈɡæɪd͡ʒ/
NZ /ˈɡæɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

gauges 复数 gauges gauged gauges 三单 gaugest gaugeth gauging gauging 现在分词 gauged 过去式 gauged 过去分词

别名

gedge guage gage

教材释义与例句

名词

计量器;标准尺寸;容量规格

动词

测量;估计;给…定规格

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

    标准尺寸

    标准规格

    可数 不可数

    1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

  2. 2.

    An act of measuring.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An estimate.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

    计量器

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    Ellipsis of track gauge.

    可数 不可数 交通
  7. 7.

    Ellipsis of loading gauge.

    可数 不可数 交通
  8. 8.

    A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

    可数 不可数 数学
  9. 9.

    The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.

    可数 不可数 商务 工程
  10. 10.

    Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通

    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.

  11. 11.

    The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通
  12. 12.

    The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.

    可数 不可数
  13. 13.

    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.

    可数 不可数
  14. 14.

    A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.

    可数 不可数 工程 政治 军事
  15. 15.

    A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数 引申义
  16. 16.

    A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.

    可数 不可数
  17. 17.

    Cannabis.

    俚语 不可数 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To estimate.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

    及物

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词源

From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.

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