| 单词 | barometer |
| 释义 | barometer (once / 1737 pages) n A barometer is a device that measures atmospheric pressure. Barometers help meteorologists figure out what the weather is going to be like. Sure, it's technically a weather man's tool — but you can use barometer more generally to describe anything that can be used to forecast or measure something else. The stock market is a barometer for economic health. Your grades are a barometer of how you're doing in school. For the President, a national poll is a barometer of political success. These kinds of barometers tell which way the wind is blowing — just not literally. WORD FAMILYbarometer: barometers, barometric, barometrical+/barometric: barometrically USAGE EXAMPLESPending sales contracts are a barometer of future purchases. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Market barometers miss the mark as investors try to navigate conflicting signals. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) It was the Rams’ performance the last few weeks, he said, “that really changed the barometer.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 12, 2016) n an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure Hypo|Hyper aneroid, aneroid barometer a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids barographa recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure mercury barometerbarometer that shows pressure by the height of a column of mercury weatherglassa simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
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