gauge是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device -- （尤指用測量儀器）測量，計量，測算

  • Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature. 用溫度計測量一下溫度。

  • I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box. 我試著估量箱子有多重。

• 1 to make a judgment about something, usually people's feelings -- 判定，判斷（通常指人的感受）

  • A poll was conducted to gauge consumers' attitudes. 為了摸清消費者的看法，進行了一次民意調查。

  • [ + question word ] It's difficult to gauge how they'll react. 很難判斷他們會作何反應。

• 2 a device for measuring the amount or size of something -- 測量儀器，測量儀表

  • a fuel/rain/temperature gauge 燃料表／雨量計／溫度計

  • a tyre gauge 胎壓計

  • a narrow-gauge/standard-gauge railway 窄軌距／標準軌距鐵軌

  • a narrow gauge 窄口徑

  • a gauge of 16 millimetres 16毫米的口徑

• 3 a way of judging or showing something, especially how successful or popular something is -- （尤指對是否成功或受歡迎的）評判方法，判斷方法

  • The fact that the play is being performed on Broadway is a gauge of its success. 該劇在百老匯演出，從這一點就可以判定它是很成功的。

• 4 used in adjectives to express the width of the space inside a cylinder, especially the inside of a gun barrel (= part shaped like a tube) -- …口徑的，…內膛的

  • a twelve-gauge shotgun 口徑為12毫米的獵槍