gauge
n. 測量的標準或範圍; 尺度,標準; 測量儀器; 評估
vt. (用儀器)測量; 確定容量,體積或內容; 評估,判斷; 採用
If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind.
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots...
他測出風速在30節以上。
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.
距離以行程時間而非英里數來計算。
A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.
...temperature gauges.
溫度計
...pressure gauges.
壓力計
If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.
...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses...
他在盤算著敵人可能的動向和自己的對策時
His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents.
從他對雞毛蒜皮的小事的反應就可以判斷出他的情緒。
A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
這一指數是政府判斷未來經濟活動的主要依據。
A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.
...a narrow gauge railway.
窄軌鐵路
A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.
1. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
2. accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
3. the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
4. the thickness of wire
5. diameter of a tube or gun barrel
1. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);
2. rub to a uniform size;
3. determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation;
4. measure precisely and against a standard;
5. adapt to a specified measurement;
6. mix in specific proportions;
standard, criterion, measure, gauge
這些名詞均含"標準"之意。
My gas gauge is way down.
車子油表降到底了.
It's difficult to gauge one's character.
要判斷一個人的品格是很困難的.
What gauge wires are you installing for your stereo speakers?
你要給立體聲音箱裝哪個規格的電線?
I tried to gauge the depth of her sleep by the rate of her respiration.
我試圖透過她的呼吸速率來測定她的睡眠深度.
What was the gauge reading before you hit the switch?
你按下開關前,上面的讀數是多少?