Skip to main content

tape measure

/teyp-mezh-er/US // ˈteɪp ˌmɛʒ ər //

卷尺,软尺,磁尺,磁带测量仪

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called tape·line [teyp-lahyn] /ˈteɪpˌlaɪn/ . a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also tape-meas·ure. Baseball. having traveled so remarkably far that the distance, usually only estimated, is worth noting: This kid’s got so much power, even his foul balls are tape-measure shots.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • While you may only need the features of a regular tape measure for your work, laser tape measures offer better accuracy and can measure further distances but can also be recalibrated.

  • We considered ten brands and 10 products when picking the best tape measures.

  • Finally, the hook can be stored inside of the tape measure when not in use so it doesn’t snag on anything.

  • You can measure the circumference of your head with a soft tape measure and then check with the bike-helmet manufacturer for guidance on the correct size helmet to order.

  • Currently, employees from the Wayne, Pennsylvania-based company measure trees with tape measures, a laborious undertaking.

  • Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.

  • My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.

  • But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.

  • With that, there is no means to consistently measure progress.

  • I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.

  • Yet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.

  • (p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.

  • Not only have its fundamental principles been fully vindicated but in most details the working of the measure has been successful.

  • The alternate hexameter and pentameter are, for most purposes, a more agreeable measure than the hexameter by itself.

  • The early recognition of pictured objects, of which certain animals have a measure, is often strikingly discerning.