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measurer

/mezh-er/US // ˈmɛʒ ər //UK // (ˈmɛʒə) //

测量员,测量者,测量人员,测量器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
    • : a system of measurement: liquid measure.
    • : an instrument, as a graduated rod or a container of standard capacity, for measuring.
    • : the extent, dimensions, quantity, etc., of something, ascertained especially by comparison with a standard: to take the measure of a thing.
    • : the act or process of ascertaining the extent, dimensions, or quantity of something; measurement.
    • : a definite or known quantity measured out: to drink a measure of wine.
    • : any standard of comparison, estimation, or judgment.
    • : a quantity, degree, or proportion: in large measure.
    • : a moderate amount: to live with a measure of enjoyment.
    • : a limit, or an extent or degree not to be exceeded: to know no measure.
    • : reasonable bounds or limits: to know no measure.
    • : a legislative bill or enactment: The senate passed the new measure.
    • : Usually measures. actions or procedures intended as a means to an end: to take measures to avert suspicion.
    • : a short rhythmical movement or arrangement, as in poetry or music.Compare meter.
    • : a particular kind of such arrangement.
    • : a metrical unit.
    • : Music. the music contained between two bar lines; bar.an air or melody.a slow, dignified dance.
    • : Printing. the width, measured in ems or picas, to which a column or page of printed matter is set.
    • : measures, Geology. beds; strata.
    • : Mathematics. an abstraction of the property of length; a set function assigning to each set of a collection of sets a value, usually having the properties of sigma finiteness and finite additivity, the functional value of the whole collection being greater than zero.
v.有主动词 verb
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    meas·ured, meas·ur·ing.

    • : to ascertain the extent, dimensions, quantity, capacity, etc., of, especially by comparison with a standard: to measure boundaries.
    • : to mark off or deal out by way of measurement: to measure out two cups of flour.
    • : to estimate the relative amount, value, etc., of, by comparison with some standard: to measure the importance of an issue.
    • : to judge or appraise by comparison with something or someone else: to measure Corneille against Racine.
    • : to serve as the measure of: Her sacrifices measure the degree of her love.
    • : to adjust or proportion: to measure a portion to one's liking.
    • : to bring into comparison or competition: to measure one's strength with another's.
    • : to travel over; traverse: to measure a room with great strides.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    meas·ured, meas·ur·ing.

    • : to take measurements.
    • : to admit of measurement.
    • : to be of a specified measure.
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    • : measure up, to reach a certain standard: The exhibition didn't measure up to last year's.to be capable or qualified: As an administrator, he couldn't quite measure up.

Phrases

  • measure up
  • beyond measure
  • for good measure
  • in some measure
  • made to measure
  • take someone's measure

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Other measures, focused more on the locations and activities known to have superspreader potential, would do much more to curb the pandemic.

  • “We want to go hard, go early, but get out of it as quickly as we can,” State Premier Steven Marshall said of the measures.

  • Between each one was a clear plexiglass divider, a measure to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

  • There are things that you can get from panel data and measures that are accepted by the industry.

  • The light’s speed is a measure of how much distance it covers in a given amount of time.

  • The reason we associate rhythm with the significance of time is that rhythm is a measurer of time.

  • The only time-measurer mentioned in the Bible is the dial of Ahaz, which will form the subject of a later chapter.

  • The measurer in the distance fell flat upon his face, and then jumping up again, he began to run in the opposite direction.

  • The sun is called Unelanh, the apportioner, just as our word moon means originally the measurer.

  • This one, called the earth-measurer, has drunk himself green with chlorophyll so as to escape detection.