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barometer

/buh-rom-i-ter/US // bəˈrɒm ɪ tər //UK // (bəˈrɒmɪtə) //

气压表,晴雨表,气压计,气温计

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Meteorology. any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.Compare aneroid barometer, mercury barometer.
    • : anything that indicates changes.

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Examples

  • If that pattern holds true in 2022, the 2020 presidential results are probably not the best barometer of the partisanship of these states.

  • Let’s start by saying Rivers is certainly in the Hall of Fame conversation, particularly as it pertains to a common barometer.

  • Add to that topographical maps, maps of over 2,000 ski resorts, multiple global positioning systems, a compass, a barometer and a gyroscope, and you’re ready to go anywhere.

  • Launched in 1969, the Hang Seng index is the barometer of Hong Kong’s stock market, made up of the city’s largest and most liquid companies.

  • All together, the watch uses its sensors—the barometer, accelerometer, and GPS—to figure out what activity you’re doing.

  • Now, many of your films have aged really well, which I think is the true barometer for success.

  • In other words, the SAG Awards are a pretty great barometer of who will take home the Oscar.

  • The GDP report profits the broadest barometer of economic performance.

  • A stock market index like the Dow and the SP 500 may not be the best barometer of national well-being.

  • It's a barometer of how seriously the whole article should be taken.

  • Might not the sudden fall of the barometer before storms be from a cause similar in some degree to this?

  • I found it on all occasions extremely sensible, and very often to predict a change of wind much sooner than the barometer.

  • Over the writing-table was a barometer and a storm-glass, while to the left a cosy corner extended round to the fireplace.

  • The weather very cold, though the thermometer is at 56°, barometer 29–08; a very heavy swell.

  • The race was set for 1.30, and soon after noon all the crews were carefully overhauling their gear and studying the barometer.