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- meter [ 'mɪtɚ] [ 'mɪːtə]
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1.
noun
计量人；计量官
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2.
noun
计量器；（电、水、煤气）表；仪表
- The water meter is just beside the back door in the kitchen.
- 水表就在厨房门的后边。
- There must be something wrong with my electricity meter because last month I wasn't home at all and still got a bill for $230.
- 我的电表肯定是出了问题，上个月我根本不在家却收到了230美金的帐单。
- The driver tried to cheat me by not running the meter.
- 司机想要不打表骗我。
- I'm waiting for the gas company to come to meter my gas consumption.
- 我在等煤气公司来查煤气表。
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3.
noun
[American English]
【同义词】postage meter
- 4. noun [American English] 【同义词】parking meter
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5.
vt.
用表测量（或计量）
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6.
vt.
计量供给；按规定量供给
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7.
vt.
[American English]
用邮资总付计数器在（邮件）上打戳
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1.
noun
计量人；计量官
Collins English-English Dictionary
- meter ['miːtə]
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n
the US spelling of metre
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1.
n
the US spelling of metre
- meter ['miːtə]
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n
the US spelling of metre
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1.
n
the US spelling of metre
- meter ['miːtə]
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n
any device that measures and records the quantity of a substance, such as gas, that has passed through it during a specified period
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2.
n
any device that measures and sometimes records an electrical or magnetic quantity, such as current, voltage, etc
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3.
n
See parking meter
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to measure (a rate of flow) with a meter
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5.
vt.
to print with stamps by means of a postage meter
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6.
vt.
[Etymology]
C19: see
mete 1
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1.
n
any device that measures and records the quantity of a substance, such as gas, that has passed through it during a specified period
Examples
- iambic meter
- (诗的)抑扬格 → meter
- 4/4 meter is also called common time
- 4/4拍也叫作普通拍子 → meter
- The water meter is just beside the back door in the kitchen.
- 水表就在厨房门的后边。 → meter
- There must be something wrong with my electricity meter because last month I wasn't home at all and still got a bill for $230.
- 我的电表肯定是出了问题，上个月我根本不在家却收到了230美金的帐单。 → meter
- I forgot to put money in the parking meter and got a ticket.
- 我忘记在停车计时器里放钱，所以没有拿到停车票。 → meter
- The driver tried to cheat me by not running the meter.
- 司机想要不打表骗我。 → meter
- I'm waiting for the gas company to come to meter my gas consumption.
- 我在等煤气公司来查煤气表。 → meter
- The cost of an apartment per square meter is rising.
- 公寓每平米的价格正在上涨。 → meter
- You should sit one meter from a heater.
- 你应该坐在离暖气一米远的地方。 → metre
- This is one meter long, the other one is shorter.
- 这个是一米长的，另一个要短一些。
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