单词 | caliber |
释义 | caliber From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcalibercal‧i‧ber /ˈkæləbə $ -ər/ noun [countable, uncountable]XXthe American spelling of calibreExamples from the Corpuscaliber• Trevor is the rarest of writers who can actually produce both novels and stories of equal caliber.• He's a doctor of the highest caliber.• The man fired a shot from a small caliber handgun while speaking to officers through the closed bedroom door, he said.• It was the caliber of work that mattered to Penelope.Origin caliber (1500-1600) French calibre, from Old Italian calibro, from Arabic qalib “block on which shoes are made” |
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