measurer
测量员,测量者,测量人员,测量器
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Definitions
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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.
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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.
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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.