gauge
/geidʒ/
四级六级考研托福雅思GRE常用词汇
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当代词频: #6,046

中文释义

n. 标准度量, 计量器

vt. 精确计量, 估计

[计] 线规

英文释义

n. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

n. accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared

n. the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train

n. the thickness of wire

近义词辨析
这组词都有“标准”的意思,其区别是: - criterion: 较正式用词,指判断、批评事物的标准,但不一定制成了规章。 - measure: 与standard基本同义,但多用于比喻,指衡量某事物的质量准则。 - standard: 指公认为决定事物质量或人的品质的准则或原则。 - gauge: 专指测量物体大小、厚度、直径等的标准规格。