Fahrenheit

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Fah·ren·heit /ˈfærənhaɪt/ noun [uncountable] (written abbreviation F)  TMTa scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° 华氏温度〔冰点为32度，沸点为212度〕 72° Fahrenheit (=72 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale) 72华氏度 —Fahrenheit adjective

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Fahrenheit• It's hot out there, several million degrees Fahrenheit.• The window is closed and the temperature pretty steady at sixty-five Fahrenheit.• In both mental and written parallel tests more pupils were able to give the temperature in Celsius than in Fahrenheit.Origin Fahrenheit (1700-1800) Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German scientist

Fah·ren·heit nounChineseSyllable  

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Fahrenheit
Fah‧ren‧heit /ˈfærənhaɪt/ noun [uncountable] (written abbreviation F)a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°:
    72° Fahrenheit (=72 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale)
—Fahrenheit adjective

Fahr·en·heitBrE /ˈfærənhaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfærənhaɪt/ 🔊 adjective (abbreviation F) of or using a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° 华氏温度计的，华氏的（冰点为 32 度，沸点为 212 度）◆fifty degrees Fahrenheit五十华氏度▸ Fahr·en·heit noun [uncountable] ◆to give the temperature in Fahrenheit以华氏表示温度