meters

英 [ˈmiːtəz]

美 [ˈmiːtərz]

n.  (用于测量电、煤气、水等，以及时间和距离的)计量器，计量表; 计; 仪; 表
v.  用仪表计量
meter的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 计量仪;计量表
  Ameteris a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used.
  1. He was there to read the electricity meter...
     他到那里抄电表。
  2. They have the right to come in and inspect the meter.
     他们有权进来查表。
• VERB 用表计量(耗用的煤气、电等)
  Tometersomething such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay.
  1. Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water...
     这些家庭当中只有三分之一认为用水表计量是合理的。
  2. Metered taxis are relatively inexpensive.
     打表计价的出租车相对便宜。
• 同 parking meter
  Ameteris the same as aparking meter.
• See also:metre

双语例句

• Twenty meters down the path he stopped, turned around, and came back to where I was sitting.
  沿着小路跑了20米左右，他停了下来，又跑了回来，来到我坐的地方。
• Someone comes to read the gas and electricity meters.
  有人来看煤气表和电表的读数。
• When you reach the top, you are two thousand four hundred meters above sea level.
  当你到达山顶时，就到达了海拔2400米的高度。
• At 324 meters in height, the Eiffel Tower took only two years to build.
  三百二十四米高的艾菲尔铁塔只花了两年就建好了。
• Each corner had a guard tower, each of which was exactly ten meters in height
  每个角落都有一座警戒塔，每座警戒塔正好10米高。
• Meters below the design and manufacture of gear-hobbing machine.
  设计和制造十米以下滚齿机。
• In the200 meters, Lisa and Rose came in first and third respectively.
  在200米赛跑中，莉萨和罗斯分别取得了第一名和第三名。
• We were fifty meters underground, and we still heard it.
  我们躲在地下五十米的地方都听到了。
• We checked the area with meters.
  我们检查了附近几米的范围。
• The mountain IS2000 meters high.
  那座山有2000米高。