meter

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Related topics: Measurement, Daily life

me·ter1 /ˈmiːtə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  TMDa machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay 计量器；计价器water/gas/electricity meter 水表/煤气表/电表 A man came to read the electricity meter. 有个男的来抄电表。 The taxi driver left the meter running while I ran in to pick up my bags. 我跑进去拿行李时，出租车司机让计价器继续走字。2  a machine that measures the level of something 计；表sound-level/light etc meter 噪声计/光度计等3. (also parking meter) a machine which you put money into when you park your car next to it 停车收费表4. the American spelling of metre metre的美式拼法

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meter• Heating is normally charged separately, often by coin meter.• Their invention was an electricity meter controlled by signals from the power company.• a gas meter• The four Brent and two Ninian meters measure the incoming oil from offshore.• Each time Joe Consumer retrieves a file from a commercial server, the payment meter is ticking.• the taxi meter• The City has installed 300 of the meters in West Portal to test their reliability.• Token meters are also available from most gas regions.read ... meter• Read meters and dials of various types.• Is Big Brother reading your meter?• Electricity: read meter on arrival and departure - cost is ten pence per unit to cover standing charge as well as unit cost.• Gas: First, read the meter.• Manville glanced over the driver's shoulder, reading the meter.• Electricity, gas and water companies have sought many years for a way to read meters without visiting the customer's premises.• The utilities also have announced they will read meters every other month and use an estimate between readings.sound-level/light etc meter• A light meter can be used to assess the level of lighting present.• A sound-level meter could be a substitute for the friend.• For me, it is the accuracy of the Nikon light meter that really sets it apart.• A Weston light meter in a leather case dangled from his neck like an amulet.

Related topics: Measurement, Power

meter2 verb [transitive]  TMTPto measure how much of something is used, and how much you must pay for it, by using a meter 用仪表计量[测量]；通过计量器计〔价〕 All our water is metered now. 现在我们的用水都是通过水表计量。→ See Verb table

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meter• The gas is metered and they send you a bill every three months.• Water use is metered in most Sacramento homes.• They've introduced a system of metering the amount of water used in a household.

Related topics: Measurement

-meter /miːtə, mɪtə $ -tər/ suffix [in nouns] TMan instrument for measuring something 测量仪器 a thermometer (=an instrument for measuring heat) 温度计

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-meter• a kilometer• a millimeter• an altimeterFrom Longman Business Dictionarymeterme‧ter1 /ˈmiːtə-ər/ noun [countable]1a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must payA new gas meter had to be installed before the building permit would be granted.The revenue from parking meters in the town fell 40% in the last fiscal year. → people meter2the American spelling of METREmetermeter2 verb [transitive] to measure the supply of gas, electricity etc being provided, using a meterThe San Jose Water Co. meters the water use of the entire county.→ See Verb tableOrigin -meter French -mètre, from Greek metron “measure” meter1 (1800-1900) → -METER

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me‧ter¹ /ˈmiːtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay
    water/gas/electricity meter
    A man came to read the electricity meter.
    The taxi driver left the meter running while I ran in to pick up my bags.
2. a machine that measures the level of something
    sound-level/light etc meter
3. (also parking meter) a machine which you put money into when you park your car next to it
4. the American spelling of metre

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meter² verb [transitive]
to measure how much of something is used, and how much you must pay for it, by using a meter:
    All our water is metered now.

III

me‧tre S2 W3 British English, meter American English /ˈmiːtə $ -ər/ noun1. [countable] (written abbreviation m) the basic unit for measuring length in the metric system
2. [uncountable and countable] the arrangement of sounds in poetry into patterns of strong and weak beats ⇨ rhythm