0 to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device -- （尤指用測量儀器）測量，計量，測算
I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box. 我試著估量箱子有多重。
Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature. 用溫度計測量一下溫度。
1 to make a judgment about something, usually people's feelings -- 判定，判斷（通常指人的感受）
2 a device for measuring the amount or size of something -- 測量儀器，測量儀表
a gauge of 16 millimetres 16毫米的口徑
a narrow gauge 窄口徑
a narrow-gauge/standard-gauge railway 窄軌距／標準軌距鐵軌
a tyre gauge 胎壓計
a fuel/rain/temperature gauge 燃料表／雨量計／溫度計
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
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
Determining what information searches are blocked by the government is a useful gauge to censorship.
Her husband's death had been a gauge of these qualities, and had either affirmed or remoulded her attitude to each daughter.
However, because perceptions of closeness are gauged by a three-point scale the independent variable effects perhaps ought to be estimated with an ordered probit model.
The gauge response behaves as two-polar periodical signal with gradually decreasing amplitude.
They were aspirated with a 10 cm3 syringe attached to an 18 gauge needle.
One has the rare opportunity to prise underneath the 'official mind' of patriotism, and to gauge public reaction through press reports and periodical articles.
The survey asked these workers a broad assortment of questions to gauge their understanding and appreciation of their employer-sponsored retirement plans.
Similarly, effective repertory theatre surveys can also gauge their audiences' motivation for attending their theatre.
