scale
n. 規模,等級; 標度; 秤; 比例尺; 音階; 鱗片; 水垢; 牙石
v. 攀登; 去鱗片; 刮除牙石; 改變…的大小
If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem...
然而,他低估了問題的嚴重性。
You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place...
看到此處氣勢如此恢宏,你可能會覺得自己很渺小。
A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things.
...an earthquake measuring five-point-five on the Richter scale...
里氏 5.5 級地震
The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten...
患者按十分制給這些治療方法打分。
A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do.
...those on the high end of the pay scale...
工資級別最高的人
A Registered Osteopath will be pleased to tell you his scale of fees before you decide on a consultation.
在病人決定是否就診之前,註冊整骨醫師會很樂意告知其收費標準。
The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world.
The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths.
該地圖以 1:10,000 的比例尺顯示了 5,000 多條不同道路。
A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features.
Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house.
富蘭克林為他的母親製作了一個複雜精細的房屋模型。
In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note.
...the scale of C major.
C 大調音階
The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body.
Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal.
...a pair of kitchen scales.
一臺廚房秤
...bathroom scales...
浴室體重秤
If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it.
In 1981, five members of a climbing party died while scaling Mount Hood.
1981 年,一支登山隊的5名隊員在攀登胡德峰時遇難。
The men scaled a wall and climbed down scaffolding on the other side.
那些男人攀上一堵牆然後順著另一側的腳手架爬了下去。
If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building.
那座塔的頂部矗立著一尊巨型雕像,與整個建築完全不成比例。
If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other.
...a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale.
內有全部按比例建造的小塔和小橋的微縮花園
1. an ordered reference standard;
2. relative magnitude;
3. the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it;
4. an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
5. a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
6. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
7. (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
8. a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
9. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
10. a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
1. measure by or as if by a scale;
2. pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
3. take by attacking with scaling ladders;
4. reach the highest point of;
5. climb up by means of a ladder
6. remove the scales from;
7. measure with or as if with scales;
8. size or measure according to a scale;
the scales fall from someone's eyes
不再受騙
throw something on (或 into) the scale
使在辯論中起重要作用;使在辯論中成為有利因素
tip (或 turn) the scales
play (或 sing 或 practise) scales
(樂)練指法;吊嗓子
to scale
按相同比例縮小(或放大)
in scale
(圖,模型)(與環境)協調,成比例
scale something back
(主美)相應縮減
scale something down (或 scale down)
相應縮減
scale something up (或 scale up)
相應增加(或擴大)
It's value cannot be weighed in the scale of dollars and cents.
它的價值無法用金錢來衡量.
The project is on such a gigantic scale that the cost is hard to calculate.
工程浩大,所費不貲.
You have to scale the fish before cooking it.
你在燒魚之前得颳去鱗片.
This ruler has only one scale in centimeters.
這把尺只有釐米刻度.
The doctor removed the scale from his eyes.
醫生除去了他眼中的障眼物.