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parking meter
Word forms: plural parking meters
countable noun
A parking meter is a device which you have to put money into when you park in a parking space.
parking meter in British English
noun
a timing device, usually coin-operated, that indicates how long a vehicle may be left parked
parking meter in American English
US
a coin-operated timing device installed near a parking space: drivers pay to park in the space for a certain length of time by inserting coins into the meter
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British English: parking meter /ˈpɑːkɪŋ ˈmiːtə/ NOUN
A parking meter is a device which you have to put money into when you park in a parking space.
- American English: parking meter
- Arabic: عَدَّادُ وقُوفِ الْسِيَارَةِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: parquímetro
- Chinese: 停车计时器
- Croatian: parkirališni sat
- Czech: parkovací hodiny
- Danish: parkometer
- Dutch: parkeermeter
- European Spanish: parquímetro
- Finnish: pysäköintimittari
- French: horodateur
- German: Parkuhr
- Greek: παρκόμετρο
- Italian: parchimetro
- Japanese: パーキングメーター
- Korean: 주차요금 징수기
- Norwegian: parkometer
- Polish: parkometr
- European Portuguese: parquímetro
- Romanian: parcometru
- Russian: счетчик на автостоянке
- Latin American Spanish: parquímetro
- Swedish: parkeringsautomat
- Thai: มิเตอร์จอดรถ
- Turkish: otopark ödeme cihazı
- Ukrainian: лічильник на парковці
- Vietnamese: máy thu tiền đỗ xe
Chinese translation of 'parking meter'
parking meter
n (c)
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停车(車)计(計)时(時)器
(tíngchē jìshíqì) (个(個), gè)
meter
(ˈmiːtəʳ)
n (c)
- (= instrument) (for gas, water, electricity)
仪(儀)表
(yíbiǎo) (个(個), gè) - (also parking meter)
停车(車)计(計)时(時)器
(tíngchē jìshíqì) (个(個), gè) - (US, = unit) = metre
vt
- [gas, water, electricity]
用表计(計)量
(yòng biǎo jìliáng)
请勿将 meter 和 metre 混淆。在英式英语里，以 -er 结尾的 meter，是用来测量或记录某事的工具，而以 -re 结尾的 metre 是测量单位。在美式英语中，meter 对于这两个含义都适用。