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measure

英 ['meʒə] 美['mɛʒɚ]
  • n. 测量;措施;程度;尺寸
  • vt. 测量;估量;权衡
  • vi. 测量;估量

英英释意


1. the act or process of measuring;
"the measurements were carefully done"
"his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
2. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
"they set the measure for all subsequent work"
3. how much there is of something that you can quantify
4. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
"the situation called for strong measures"
"the police took steps to reduce crime"
5. a statute in draft before it becomes law;
"they held a public hearing on the bill"
6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
7. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
8. measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements