metric
英 ['metr?k]
美['m?tr?k]
- adj. 公制的；米制的；公尺的
- n. 度量標準
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中文詞源
metric 米制的，公制的
來自metre,米，公制。
英文詞源
- metric (adj.)
- "pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter," 1855, from French métrique, from mèter (see meter (n.2)). In this sense, metrical is attested from 1797.
- metric (n.)
- "science of versification," 1760, from Greek he metrike "prosody," plural of metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion" (see meter (n.2)).
雙語例句
- 1. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.
- 《華爾街日報》每年用去22萬公噸新聞紙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We are gradually changing over to a completely metric system.
- 我們正逐漸過渡到完全使用公制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.
- 1986年海關截獲了27.2公噸的可卡因。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. the metric system of measurement
- 公制度量衡
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. In the metric system, measurements are made in metres and liters.
- 在公制中, 用米和升作計量單位.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》