| 单词 | gauge |
| 释义 | gauge (once / 562 pages) 1n 2nv 3v If you ask your friend, "How do you feel, generally, about loaning your car to people?" your intention might be to gauge his reaction before you flat-out ask if you can borrow his car. To gauge is to measure or test. The verb gauge means to estimate or measure, while the noun gauge is a tool you can use to make such a measurement. If you've ever seen someone check the air pressure in a tire, the instrument she used was called a tire gauge. The thickness, or diameter, of an item like wire (or the barrel of a gun) is another meaning of gauge. WORD FAMILYgauge: gauged, gauges, gauging, misgauge+/misgauge: misgauged USAGE EXAMPLESBut according to experts, checking your weight is a misguided, demoralizing way to gauge overall health. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) In February last year, they introduced the idea to local businesses to gauge interest before implementation. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Looking at your gauges,” he explained, “gets you in trouble.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper gage anemometer, wind gage, wind gauge a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind depth gage, depth gaugea gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities dipsticka graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level gas gage, gas gauge, gasoline gage, gasoline gauge, petrol gage, petrol gaugegauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle pressure gage, pressure gaugegauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure pluviometer, rain gage, rain gauge, udometergauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation strain gage, strain gaugea gauge for measuring strain in a surface scribing block, surface gage, surface gaugegauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces vacuum gage, vacuum gaugea gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure water gage, water gauge, water glassgauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir wire gage, wire gaugegauge for measuring the diameter of wire manometera pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas sphygmomanometera pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure water levela water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something 2n the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train Hypo|Hyper broad gauge a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches narrow gaugea railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches standard gaugerailroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches distance, length size of the gap between two places 3n the thickness of wire Hyper thickness the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width 4n diameter of a tube or gun barrel 2Syn|Hyper bore, caliber, calibre diam, diameter the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference 1n accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared Syn|Hyper standard of measurement criterion, measure, standard, touchstone a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated 2v determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation gauge the wine barrels Hyper ascertain, determine, find, find out establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study 3v measure precisely and against a standard the wire is gauged Hyper measure, quantify express as a number or measure or quantity 4v judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper approximate, estimate, guess, judge quantise, quantize approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values misgaugegauge something incorrectly or improperly place, put, setestimate giveestimate the duration or outcome of something lowball, underestimatemake a deliberately low estimate assessestimate the value of (property) for taxation makecalculate as being count, reckontake account of truncateapproximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one guesstimateestimate based on a calculation calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out make a mathematical calculation or computation 1v adapt to a specified measurement gauge the instruments Hyper standardise, standardize cause to conform to standard or norm 2v rub to a uniform size gauge bricks Hyper rub move over something with pressure 3v mix in specific proportions gauge plaster Hyper blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix mix together different elements |
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