🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 7042 COCA: 3024

meter

Word family
Related topics: Measurement, Daily life
me·ter1 /ˈmiːtə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1 TMDa machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay 计量器;计价器
water/gas/electricity meter 水表/煤气表/电表
 A man came to read the electricity meter.
有个男的来抄电表。
 The taxi driver left the meter running while I ran in to pick up my bags.
我跑进去拿行李时,出租车司机让计价器继续走字。
2 a machine that measures the level of something 计;表
sound-level/light etc meter 噪声计/光度计等
3. (also parking meter) a machine which you put money into when you park your car next to it 停车收费表
4. the American spelling of metre / metre 的美式拼法
Examples from the Corpus
Related topics: Measurement, Power
meter2 verb [transitiveT]  
TMTPto measure how much of something is used, and how much you must pay for it, by using a meter 用仪表计量[测量];通过计量器计〔价〕
 All our water is metered now.
现在我们的用水都是通过水表计量。
Examples from the Corpus
Related topics: Measurement
-meter /miːtə, mɪtə $ -tər/ suffix [in nouns] 
TMan instrument for measuring something 测量仪器
 a thermometer (=an instrument for measuring heat)
温度计
Examples from the Corpus
From Longman Business Dictionary
meterme·ter1 /ˈmiːtə-ər/ noun [countableC]
1a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay
A new gas meter had to be installed before the building permit would be granted.
The revenue from parking meters in the town fell 40% in the last fiscal year.
people meter
2the American spelling of METRE
metermeter2 verb [transitiveT]
to measure the supply of gas, electricity etc being provided, using a meter
The San Jose Water Co. meters the water use of the entire county.
Origin -meter
French -mètre, from Greek metron measure
meter1
(1800-1900) → -METER

See also: metre

BNC: 7042 COCA: 3024
meter

noun¹

1device for measuring gas, electricity, etc.計量表ADJECTIVE | VERB + METER | METER + VERB | METER + NOUN ADJECTIVEelectric, electricity, gas, light, moisture, parking, power, pressure-level, sound-level, water電表;煤氣表;曝光表;濕度計;停車計時收費器;功率表;壓力式液位表;音級計;水表VERB + METERread抄表The electricity company will send an employee to read your meter.電力公司會派雇員去你那兒抄表。check查表a man in uniform checking the parking meters檢查停車計時收費器的穿制服的男子feed, fill (especially BrE) 給表充錢I forgot to feed the meter.我忘了給表充錢了。fit, install安裝表METER + VERBrun, tick儀表轉動;儀表發出滴答聲The taxi driver kept the meter running.出租車司機讓計價器一直走。The taxi waited, the meter ticking away.出租車在等候,計價器滴答滴答地走着。METER + NOUNreader, reading抄表員;抄表maid (especially NAmE) (開違章罰單的)女交警
meter

noun²

2 (NAmE) (BrE metre)  note at measure
BNC: 7042 COCA: 3024
BNC: 7042 COCA: 3024
meter
To measure something: measure, weigh, pace out...
Units for measuring length or width: bore, centimeter, centimetre...

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime