measure
英['me??]
美['m???]
- n. 測量；措施；程度；尺寸
- vt. 測量；估量；權衡
- vi. 測量；估量
英英釋意
- 1. the act or process of measuring;
- "the measurements were carefully done"
- "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
- 2. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
- "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
- 3. how much there is of something that you can quantify
- 4. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
- "the situation called for strong measures"
- "the police took steps to reduce crime"
- 5. a statute in draft before it becomes law;
- "they held a public hearing on the bill"
- 6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- 7. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
- "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
- 8. measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements