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metre

US // (ˈmiːtə) //

米,平方米,平米,公元

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a metric unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards
    • : the basic SI unit of length; the length of the path travelled by light in free space during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. In 1983 this definition replaced the previous one based on krypton-86, which in turn had replaced the definition based on the platinum-iridium metre bar kept in Paris

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • All insert yis (or yes) before parde; which spoils both sense and metre.

  • All insert white after Was, which spoils metre and story (see l. 948).

  • I supply look, for the sake of sense and metre; read—But good swet' hert-, look that ye.

  • Unfortunately, all the scribes have repeated it, to the ruin of the metre; for the line then contains two syllables too many.

  • Koch would omit hit, for the sake of the metre; but it makes no difference at all, the e in thoghte being elided.