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  1. 1n/θərˈmɑːmɪtər/ · /θəˈmɒmɪtə/溫度計

    A piece of equipment that measures temperature — how hot or cold something is, such as the air outside, your body, or food you are cooking.

    thermometer 就是「量溫度的工具」，不管量的是空氣、身體還是食物，英文都用同一個字。中文會分成「溫度計」和「體溫計」，英文則是把用途放在前面：a meat thermometer（肉類溫度計）、a clinical thermometer（體溫計）。這個字可以想成從 therm（熱）＋ meter（量東西的儀器）長出來，所以看到 -meter 結尾的字，常常就是「量某樣東西的儀器」。

    示範例句 · Example

    The thermometer by the door read 8 degrees this morning.

    中文翻譯門邊的溫度計今天早上讀到八度。

    常見搭配

    • a meat thermometer

      肉類溫度計

      a thermometer you put into food to see if it is cooked

      Push the meat thermometer into the thickest part.

    • a clinical thermometer

      體溫計

      a thermometer for measuring a person's body temperature

      Every classroom keeps a clinical thermometer in the first aid box.

    • a digital thermometer

      電子溫度計

      a thermometer that shows the number on a small screen

      A digital thermometer beeps when it is finished.

    • the thermometer reads / shows

      溫度計顯示（幾度）

      the number the thermometer is showing

      The thermometer showed 30 degrees in the shade.

    • read the thermometer

      看溫度計上的數字

      to look at a thermometer and see the number

      Sam stood on a chair to read the thermometer on the wall.

    • put a thermometer under your tongue

      把體溫計放在舌頭下面

      to place a thermometer in your mouth to take your temperature

      Put the thermometer under your tongue and keep your mouth closed.

    意思相近

    temperature gauge

core核心畫面

Picture a thin glass tube with numbers up the side, and a line inside that creeps up when things get hot and sinks when they get cold. Heat is something you can only feel — the thermometer turns that feeling into a number you can say out loud and compare.

一根細細的管子，旁邊刻著數字，裡面那條線遇熱就往上爬、遇冷就縮下去。冷熱本來只能「感覺」，一個人說好熱、另一個人說還好，誰也說不準；溫度計把這個感覺變成一個可以講出口、可以互相比較的數字。所以它出現在該精確的地方：夾在腋下量體溫、插進烤箱裡的肉、掛在窗外看今天幾度。

thermometers

意思相近

temperature gauge

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

thermometernoun/θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/

  • 1

    An apparatus used to measure temperature.

    • Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
    • On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]

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