喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture meter: a dial that keeps count of how much has gone through — gas, water, electricity, minutes of parking. Whatever it counts, somebody is usually going to charge for it. Note that in American spelling this same form is also the unit of length that British English as metre.

可以想成 meter 是一個一直在數的錶：數瓦斯、數水、數電，或數你停了幾分鐘的車。不管數的是什麼，後面通常都有人要…更多收起可以想成 meter 是一個一直在數的錶：數瓦斯、數水、數電，或數你停了幾分鐘的車。不管數的是什麼，後面通常都有人要照這個數字收錢。另外要注意：美式拼法裡，同一個 meter 也是長度單位「公尺」，英式英文則寫成 metre。

From the picture

動詞：裝錶計量

把那台機器的動作變成動詞：裝上錶去量用了多少，好照量收費。

meter (measure usage) · verb · B2

To measure how much of something, such as water or electricity, is used, especially so that the right amount of money can be charged for it.

以錶計量；裝錶計費

長度單位公尺

這一個跟上面的機器沒有關係，只是美式拼法讓兩者長成同一個樣子：英式英文把長度單位寫成 metre，機器仍寫 meter，一眼就分得開。

metre (unit of length) · noun · A2

A unit for measuring length or distance, equal to 100 centimeters. This is the American spelling of 'metre'.

公尺（美式拼法，同 metre）

Also in this word

utility meter · noun · A2

A machine that shows how much of something, such as gas, water, or electricity, has been used, or how much money must be paid for it.

(水電瓦斯)錶；計費器

measuring meter · noun · B1

A machine that measures the level or amount of something, such as light or sound.

測量計；感測器

parking meter · noun · A2

A machine next to a parking space that you put money into so you can park your car there for a certain time.

停車收費器

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

meternoun詞源 1/ˈmitəɹ/

  • 1

    A device that measures things.

  • 2

    A device that measures things.

    • gas meter
  • 3

    datedOne who metes or measures.

    • a labouring coal-meter
  • 4

    A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

meterverb詞源 1/ˈmitəɹ/

  • 1

    To measure with a metering device.

  • 2

    To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

  • 3

    To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

meternoun詞源 3/ˈmitəɹ/

  • 1

    obsoleteA poem.

    • A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。