gauge
gauge 英 [ɡeɪdʒ] 美 [ɡedʒ]
n. 计量器； 口径 vt. 测量
进行时:gauging 过去式:gauged 过去分词:gauged 第三人称单数:gauges 名词复数:gauges
- 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.
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- n. 计量器； 口径
- vt. 测量
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1. a fuel gauge, a petrol gauge, a temperature gauge
燃料表、汽油量表、温度计等
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2. What gauge of wire do we need?
我们需要多大直径的金属丝？
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3. a 12-gauge shotgun
*12 号猎枪
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4. Tomorrow's game against Arsenal will be a good gauge of their promotion chances.
明天与阿森纳队的比赛是衡量他们能否升级的很好依据。
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5. He tried to gauge her mood.
他试图揣摩她的心情。
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6. It was difficult to gauge whether she was angry or not.
很难判断她是否在生气。
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7. We were able to gauge the strength of the wind from the movement of the trees.
我们可根据树的摇动估计风力。
- gauge (n.) early 15c., "fixed standard of measure" (surname Gageman is early 14c.), from Old North French gauge "gauging rod" (see gauge (v.)). Meaning "instrument for measuring" is from 1670s; meaning "distance between rails on a railway" is from 1841.
- gauge (v.) "ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c., from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c.), from Old North French gauger "standardize, calibrate, measure" (Old French jaugier), from gauge "gauging rod," a word of unknown origin. Perhaps from Frankish *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" or another Germanic source (compare Old Norse gelgja "pole, perch," Old High German galgo; see gallows). Related: Gauged; gauging. The figurative use is from 1580s. "The spelling variants gauge and gage have existed since the first recorded uses in Middle English, though in American English gage is found exclusively in technical uses" [Barnhart].
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