meter

• n. 米；仪表；[计量] 公尺；韵律
• vt. 用仪表测量
• vi. 用表计量
• n. (Meter)人名；(英)米特；(塞)梅特

来自PIE*med,测量，词源同measure,model.引申词义仪器，仪表，诗律等，并用于公制单位米。

1. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

2. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity

3. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

4. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

meter

meter: see metre

meter (n.1)

also metre, "poetic measure," Old English meter "meter, versification," from Latin metrum, from Greek metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion," from PIE root *me- (2) "to measure" (see meter (n.2)). Possibly reborrowed early 14c. (after a 300-year gap in recorded use) from Old French metre, with specific sense of "metrical scheme in verse," from Latin metrum.

meter (n.2)

also metre, unit of length, 1797, from French mètre (18c.), from Greek metron "measure," from PIE root *me- (2) "to measure" (cognates: Greek metra "lot, portion," Sanskrit mati "measures," matra "measure," Avestan, Old Persian ma-, Latin metri "to measure"). Developed by French Academy of Sciences for system of weights and measures based on a decimal system originated 1670 by French clergyman Gabriel Mouton. Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the length of a quadrant of the meridian.

meter (n.3)

"device for measuring," abstracted 1832 from gas-meter, etc., from French -mètre, used in combinations (in English from 1790), from Latin metrum "measure" or cognate Greek metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)). Influenced by English meter "person who measures" (late 14c., agent noun from mete (v.)). As short for parking meter from 1960. Meter maid first recorded 1957; meter reader 1963.

meter (v.)

"to measure by means of a meter," 1884, from meter (n.3). Meaning "install parking meters" is from 1957.

Some of these painted walls are preserved in places to a height of one meter.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

Protests have erupted over construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope( ' , TMT), a giant observatory that promises to revolutionize humanity’s view of the cosmos.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Protests have erupted over construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, a giant observatory that promises to revolutionize humanity's view of the cosmos.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

A man came to read the gas meter.

有位男子来查过煤气表。

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The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.

在等我们的时候，出租车司机让计程表继续走字。

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speedometer

速度计

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altimeter

高度表

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calorimeter

热量计

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Who holds the record in the 100 metres?

100米纪录是谁保持着的？

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He was there to read the electricity meter...

他到那里抄电表。

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They have the right to come in and inspect the meter.

他们有权进来查表。

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Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water...

这些家庭当中只有三分之一认为用水表计量是合理的。

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Metered taxis are relatively inexpensive.

打表计价的出租车相对便宜。

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When from ground 1 meter, turns on the landing cushion engine, the airship safe landing.

在距离地面1米时, 打开着陆缓冲发动机, 飞船安全着陆.

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The meter has the merits of easy mounting, widely measuring range , high sensibility, well linearity etc.

本仪表具有安装方便,测量范围宽, 灵敏度高, 线性度好等优点.

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The level of such particulates is measured in micrograms per meter air.

这些颗粒的水平用微克每立方米来衡量.

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The conclusions are very valuable to the development of a type of mass flow meter.

所得结论为新型质量流量计的开发打下了良好的基础.

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Application cassette meter must ensure that the card transaction security.

应用卡式电表一定要确保卡交易的安全性.

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Hiring hall 40 square meter other room 18 square meters.

出租厅40平米另外一个房间18平米.

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Some improving methods are proposed based on existing problem of flicker meter.

针对当前闪变仪存在的问题,提出了若干改进.

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Let me see. The material is one meter wide. 1.9 meters would be quite enough.

让我看看, 这料子一米宽, 五尺半就足够了.

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How many are the female 12 year old of height 1.62 meter standard body weight?

女12岁身高1.62米标准体重是 多少 ?

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Don't pay attention to anything he says. He lies like a gas meter.

不要理睬他的话,他一味撒谎.

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Has 20000 square meter modernized workshops, the factory district transportation is convenient, the facility is complete.

拥有20000平米的现代化厂房, 厂区交通便利, 设施齐全.

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Check calibration of gloss meter with standard test block.

检查光泽米的定标以标准测试块.

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This new meter adopted two ASIC LC 47127 LC 47128 in possession of intellectual property.

该表内部采用两块具有自主知识产权的专用集成电路LC47127和LC47128.

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Now we weren't allowed to even feed the parking meter.

现在,我们甚至不可以用停车收费表.

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The 492 meter Shanghai World Financial Center set aglow last night with 170,000 lights.

昨晚492米高的上海世界金融中心大楼点亮了170,000盏灯.

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Space the desk a meter apart so that the pupils can't cheat.

把桌子按一米的间隔摆开以防学生作弊.

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Rhyme and meter are assistants to memory.

押韵和格律有助于记忆.

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The man from the gas board came to read the gas meter.

煤气公司派来的人来查煤气表的读数.

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The amount of electricity used is recorded by a meter.

电表记录下耗电量.

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