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scale
- IPA[skeɪl]
英式
- a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something；the full range of different levels of people or things, from lowest to highest
- climb up or over (something high and steep)；represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale.
verb: scale, 3rd person present: scales, gerund or present participle: scaling, past tense: scaled, past participle: scaled
noun: scale, plural noun: scales
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something a new salary scale is planned for all universities company employees have hit the top of their pay scales 同義詞
- ▪ the full range of different levels of people or things, from lowest to highest two men at opposite ends of the social scale at the other end of the scale, premiership clubs are forced to pay huge wages
- ▪ a series of marks at regular intervals in a line used in measuring something the mean delivery time is plotted against a scale on the right
- ▪ a device having a series of marks at regular intervals for measuring she read the exact distance off a scale
- ▪ a rule determining the distances between marks on a scale the vertical axis is given on a logarithmic scale
- 2. the relative size or extent of something no one foresaw the scale of the disaster everything in the house is on a grand scale 同義詞
- ▪ a ratio of size in a map, model, drawing, or plan a one-fifth scale model of a seven-storey building a map on a scale of 1:2500 同義詞
- 3. an arrangement of the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order of pitch the scale of C major
- ▪ the exercise of performing the notes of one or more scales as a form of practice by a singer or musician in music class I dread having to sing scales he thinks guitarists in particular don't spend nearly enough time practising scales
- 4. a system of numerical notation in which the value of a digit depends upon its position in the number, successive positions representing successive powers of a fixed base the conversion of the number to the binary scale
- 5. the range of exposures over which a photographic material will give an acceptable variation in density.
動詞
- 1. climb up or over (something high and steep) thieves scaled a high fence
- 2. represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale.
- ▪ (of a quantity or property) be variable according to a particular scale.
- 3. North American estimate the amount of timber that will be produced from (a log or uncut tree) the operators were accustomed to having their logs scaled for inventory control
