gauge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/    美 /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/|/ˈɡæɪd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard countable,uncountable
    — 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
  2. An act of measuring. countable,uncountable
  3. An estimate. countable,uncountable
  4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things countable,uncountable
  5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size. countable,uncountable
  6. Ellipsis of track gauge. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.
  7. Ellipsis of loading gauge. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
  8. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space. countable,uncountable
  9. The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance. countable,uncountable
  10. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind. countable,uncountable
    — A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
  11. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. countable,uncountable
  12. The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly. countable,uncountable
  13. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. countable,uncountable
  14. A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber. countable,uncountable
  15. A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns). US,broadly,countable,slang,uncountable
    — I'm talking about cocking a gauge in between your eyes.
  16. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe. countable,uncountable
    — Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]
  17. Cannabis. slang,uncountable
    — […] smoking gauge was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. […]
动词 v.
  1. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of. transitive
  2. To estimate. transitive
  3. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of. transitive
    — You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.
  4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it. transitive
  5. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris. transitive
  6. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape. transitive

词形变化

gauges plural gage alternative,US gauges present,singular,third-person gauging participle,present gauged participle,past gauged past gage alternative,US

词汇关系

衍生词
gaugeable misgauge regauge ungauged
相关词
gage gouge

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.
词源 2
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.
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