barometer
barometer 英 [bəˈrɒmɪtə(r)] 美 [bəˈrɑmɪtə(r)]
n. [气象] 气压计；晴雨表；显示变化的事物
名词复数:barometers
- A barometer is a device that measures atmospheric pressure. Barometers help meteorologists figure out what the weather is going to be like.
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- n. [气象] 气压计；晴雨表；显示变化的事物
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1. Yet you had time to stay and look at your barometer.
不过，你出发前还有时间来看一眼晴雨表。
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2. I love having an altimeter, barometer and compass on my wrist at all times.
我喜欢在手腕上随时都带着海拔计，气压计和罗盘。
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3. In an old interview,Stone once said that his films are an "emotional barometer" for him.
在一个年代久远的采访中，斯通说他的电影对他而言是“情感的晴雨表”。
- barometer (n.) 1660s, from Greek baros "weight" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere-(1) "heavy") + -meter. The name probably was coined (and certainly popularized) by English scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691). The instrument was invented 1643 by Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli and was at first known as the Torricelli tube.
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