| 单词 | scale |
| 释义 | scalescalesscalescale1 /skeɪl/ noun1how big/important [singular, uncountable] how big or important something islarge-/small-scalea large-scale development project大规模的开发项目The house is built on a grand scale.bebuild 这栋房子建得很气派。People underestimated the sheer scale (=very big size) of the problem.underestimate人们低估了这个问题的严重程度。2possible range [singular] the full range of different types of people or things: One-third of the group had no qualifications at all while, at the other end of the scale, six were qualified teachers.havequalificationbequalifyteacher这一组有三分之一的人没有任何资历﹐而资历最高的六个人是合格教师。They came from opposite ends of the social scale.comeend他们来自社会的最高层和最低层。3measuring system [countable usually singular] a system for measuring how strong, fast, or good something ison a scaleThe earthquake measured 5.8 on the Richter scale.measure这次地震是里氏 5.8 级。Your papers will be marked on a scale of one to ten.papermark你们的试卷将按一到十的等级来评分。4 weighing equipment scales [plural] British English, scale American English a piece of equipment for weighing people or objects: kitchen scalesscale厨房用秤a set of bathroom scales (=for weighing people)scale一套浴室磅秤5marks for measuring [countable] a set of marks with regular spaces between them on a tool that is used for measuring things: a ruler with a metric scale有公制刻度的尺6of a map/model [uncountable and countable] the relationship between the size of a map, drawing, or model and the actual size of the place or thing that it shows: a scale of one inch to the mile一英寸代表一英里的比例7in music [countable] a series of musical notes with a fixed distance between them that become gradually higher or lower8on a fish/snake [countable usually plural] the scales on a fish or snake are the small flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body |
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