measure是什么意思_measure怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule;"the measurements were carefully done"
"his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;"the schools comply with federal standards"
"they set the measure for all subsequent work"

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

Verb:

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;"Measure the length of the wall"

express as a number or measure or quantity;"Can you quantify your results?"

have certain dimensions;"This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of;"I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"
"access all the factors when taking a risk"

中英词源

measure 测量，尺度，方法

来自古法语mesurer,测量，来自拉丁语mensurare,测量，检测，来自PIE*me,测量，词源同meter,commensurate.

measure: measure: [13] The distant ancestor of English measure was the Indo-European base *ma-, *me- ‘measure’. This has generated a wide range of often unexpected English progeny, including meal ‘repast’, month, and moon. Measure itself comes from an extension of the base, *mat-, *met-, from which was derived the Latin verb mētīrī ‘measure’.

Its past participial stem mēnsformed the basis of the noun mēnsūra ‘measure’, which passed into English via Old French mesure as measure. From the same Latin stem come commensurate [17], dimension [14], and immense [15] (literally ‘unmeasurable’); and other related forms that go back to the base *mat-, *met- (or *med-) include mate ‘friend’, meat, meditate, meet ‘suitable’, mete, mode, moderate, modest, and modify.
=> commensurate, dimension, immense, mate, meal, meat, meditate, meet, mete, metre, mode, moderate, modest, month, moon
measure (v.): c. 1300, "to deal out by measure," from Old French mesurer "measure; moderate, curb" (12c.), from Late Latin mensurare "to measure," from Latin mensura "a measuring, a measurement; thing to measure by," from mensus, past participle of metiri "to measure," from PIE *me- (2) "to measure" (see meter (n.2)).

Replaced Old English cognate mæð "measure." Meaning "to ascertain spatial dimensions of" is mid-14c. To measure up "have the necessary abilities" is 1910, American English. Related: Measured; measuring.
measure (n.): c. 1200, "moderation, temperance, abstemiousness;" c. 1300, "instrument for measuring," from Old French mesure "limit, boundary; quantity, dimension; occasion, time" (12c.), from Latin mensura "measure" (see measure (v.)). Meaning "size or quantity as ascertained by measuring" is from early 14c. Meaning "action of measuring; standard measure of quantity; system of measuring; appointed or alloted amount of anything" is late 14c. Also from late 14c. are senses "proper proportion, balance." Sense of "that to which something is compared to determine its quantity" is from 1570s. Meaning "rhythmic pattern in music" is late 14c.; from mid-15c. in poetry, c. 1500 in dance. Meaning "treatment "meted out" to someone" is from 1590s; that of "plan or course of action intended to obtain some goal" is from 1690s; sense of "legislative enactment" is from 1759. Phrase for good measure (late 14c.) is literally "ample in quantity, in goods sold by measure."

词态变化

复数 measures;
第三人称单数 measures;
过去式 measured;
过去分词 measured;
现在分词 measuring;

权威造句

1. The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.: 殖民地正要求获得更大程度上的自治。

2. The cushions, shown left, measure 20× 12 inches and cost $39.95.: 展示在左边的垫子，长20英寸宽12英寸，价格是39.95美元。

3. The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.: 地方当局说宵禁是一种预防措施。

4. Measure the floor area of the greenhouse and divide it by six.: 量一下温室的建筑面积再将它除以6。

5. Francis poured a generous measure of the whisky into a fresh glass.: 弗朗西斯往一个干净的玻璃杯里倒了很多威士忌。

近反义词

count

estimate

gauge

rule

weigh

dimension

extent

size

volume

weight

criterion

rule

test

相似短语

measure of 是……的单位，用……来衡量

measure to vt.量测到

to measure 照尺寸,合拍子

in measure as 按...的比例, 依照...的程度

by measure 按大小,按容量,按尺寸

measure for measure 一报还一报,怨怨相报

for good measure adv.作为额外增添

supreme measure 死刑,极刑

tape measure n. 卷尺

within measure adv.适当地,适度

单词分析

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