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meter

noun
🔊/ˈmiːtə(r)/
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  1. (especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词) a device that measures and records the amount of electricity, gas, water, etc. that you have used or the time and distance you have travelled, etc.（用于测量电、煤气、水等，以及时间和距离的）计量器，计量表
    • A man came to read the gas meter.有个男子来查过煤气表。🔊🔊
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • Installing a smart meter will allow you to see how much water you are using in real time.安装智能电表可让您实时查看正在使用的水量。
    see also light meterTopics Engineeringc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • electric
    • electricity
    • gas
    • …
    verb + meter
    • read
    • check
    • feed
    • …
    meter + verb
    • run
    • tick
    meter + noun
    • reader
    • reading
    • maid
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (also parking meter)
     a machine next to the road that you put money into when you park your car next to it
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • electric
    • electricity
    • gas
    • …
    verb + meter
    • read
    • check
    • feed
    • …
    meter + verb
    • run
    • tick
    meter + noun
    • reader
    • reading
    • maid
    • …
    See full entry
  3. -meter
     (in compounds构成复合词) a device for measuring the thing mentioned计；仪；表
    • speedometer速度计
    • altimeter高度表
    • calorimeter热量计
    see also exposure meter, postage meter
  4. (US English)
    (British English metre)
    (abbreviation m)
    [countable] a unit for measuring length; a hundred centimetres计；仪；表
    • a 50-meter swimming pool一个50米长的游泳池
    • an athlete running at 10 meters per second一个以每秒10米的速度跑的运动员
  5. (US English)
    (British English metre)
    (abbreviation m)
    [countable, uncountable] used in the name of races（用于测量电、煤气、水等，以及时间和距离的）计量器，计量表
    • Who holds the record in the 100 meters?100 米纪录是谁保持的？🔊🔊
  6. (US English)
    (British English metre)
    [uncountable, countable] the arrangement of strong and weak stresses in lines of poetry that produces the rhythm; a particular example of this （诗的）格律
    7. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from mete + -er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent.

meter

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they meter
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he / she / it meters
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past simple metered
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past participle metered
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-ing form metering
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  1. meter something to measure something (for example how much gas, electricity, etc. has been used) using a meter用仪表计量
    Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from mete + -er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent.