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barometer

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Related topics: Measurement, Meteorology, Geography
ba·rom·e·ter /bəˈrɒmɪtə $ -ˈrɑːmɪtər/ noun [countableC]  
1. barometer.jpg TMHEMan instrument that measures changes in the air pressure and the weather, or that calculates height above sea level 气压计，晴雨表
2  TMSHOW/BE A SIGN OFsomething that shows any changes that are happening in a particular situation 〔反映事物变化的〕晴雨表，指标，标志
 The skin is an accurate barometer of emotional and physical health.
皮肤是反映一个人身心健康状况的准确指标。
—barometric /ˌbærəˈmetrɪk◂/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]
—barometrically /-kli/ adverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
barometer• Applications for building permits are a barometer of future construction activity.• Viewed as a barometer of interest-rate expectations, shorter-term notes, were mixed.• Royal portraiture appears to be a barometer of the state of the art.• But if the past is any barometer, her image may shift with the issues of the moment.• That energy barometer naturally comes down at this stage of life.• Do you know, when you were little, darling, I used to think of you as the family barometer.• Wading birds, the barometer of any marsh's health, have been devastated.• The barometer was down to twenty eight.
From Longman Business Dictionary
barometerba·rom·e·ter /bəˈrɒmɪtə-ˈrɑːmɪtər/ noun [countableC]
ECONOMICS if something is a barometer of the economy, it gives important information about the condition of the economy as a whole
The growth in demand for electricity is one of the most accurate barometers of the economy.
→ see also indicator
Origin barometer
(1600-1700) Greek baros “weight, pressure” + English -meter
ba·rom·e·ter noun
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