meter

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n. 米, 公尺, 仪表, 计量器 vt. 以仪表计量

发音

US /ˈmiɾɚ/
其它 /ˈmitəɹ/
UK /ˈmiːtə/
IN /ˈmiːʈəʳ/
IN /mĕʈ.ɜʳ/

词形变化

meters 复数 metered metering meters 三单 meters metering 现在分词 metered 过去式 metered 过去分词

别名

metre

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    A device that measures things.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A device that measures things.

    A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

    可数 不可数

    gas meter

  3. 3.

    One who metes or measures.

    可数 过时 不可数

    a labouring coal-meter

  4. 4.

    A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

    美国 可数 不可数
  5. 1.

    US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).

    美国 可数 不可数
  6. 1.

    US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).

    节拍

    美国 可数 不可数
  7. 2.

    A poem.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To measure with a metering device.

  2. 2.

    To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

  3. 3.

    To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

time beat m measure metre cadence

上位词 3

measuring device prosody rhythmicity

下位词 10

foot speedometer ammeter catalexis common meter electric meter electrometer galvanometer gas meter gasometer

部分词 3

decimeter decimetre DM

整体词 5

dam decameter decametre dekameter dekametre
动词

上位词 3

measure stamp quantify

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc. Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”).

来源：wiktionary