caliber
caliber 英 ['kælɪbə] 美 [ˈkæləbɚ]
n. [军] 口径；才干；水准（等于calibre）；器量
名词复数:calibers
- Caliber is a kind of measurement that can describe either the level of a person’s ability or the diameter of a gun barrel. Your dad might be a high-caliber marksman, especially when using his .22 caliber rifle.
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- n. [军] 口径；才干；水准（等于calibre）；器量
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1. Perhaps the first thing that students notice about their college is the caliber of their fellow students.
可能学生们对这所大学关注的第一件事就是同学的才干。
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2. The ringers (i.e., nonscientists) at last week’s hearing weren’t of quite the same caliber, but their prepared testimony still had some memorable moments.
这些伪专家（非科学家）上周的口径并不完全一致，但是他们事先准备好的证词有着似曾相识的感觉。
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3. One of the criminals immediately shoved a .38 caliber handgun to my head, ordered me to the cooler, pushed me down on the floor, and pumped a bullet into the back of my head - execution style.
其中一个匪徒迅速掏出一把口径为38毫米的手枪用力指着我的头，勒令我走到冷冻机旁，然后把我推倒在地，像执行死刑般从后面朝我头部开了一枪。
- caliber (n.) "inside diameter of a gun barrel," 1580s, from Middle French calibre (by mid-16c., perhaps late 15c.), often said to be ultimately from Arabic qalib "a mold for casting." Barnhart remarks that Spanish calibre, Italian calibro "appear too late to act as intermediate forms" between the Arabic word and the French.
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