scale

scale  

[skeil]

n.

鱼鳞, 鳞片

Scales of skin peel off after scarlet fever.

猩红热病愈后皮肤上的鳞屑就会脱落。

鳞状物; 障眼物

The doctor removed the scale from his eyes.

医生除去了他眼中的障眼物。

水垢, 水锈

A scale of rust covered the steel plate.

一层铁锈覆盖了钢板。

刻度, 度数

This ruler has only one scale in centimeters.

这把尺只有厘米刻度。

比例(尺)

The scale of this map is an inch to a mile.

这张地图的比例尺是一英寸代表一英里。

规模; 程度; 范围

He's in business on a small scale.

他做的是小本生意。

等级; 级别

For every year you've worked here you go up another step on the salary scale.

你在这儿每工作一年, 工资就会长一级。

天平, 磅秤

The butcher weighed the meat on the scales.

肉贩用盘秤称肉。

vt.

刮去…的鳞片[鳞状物]

You have to scale the fish before cooking it.

你在烧鱼之前得刮去鳞片。

称…的重量

The fish scales 2 pounds.

这条鱼重两磅。

攀登, 爬

The boys soon scaled the wall.

男孩很快就爬上了墙头。


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1.	a large-scale map
	大比例的地图
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2.	a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale.
	在主尺上可以滑动的可动的小比例尺；用来校准的主尺上的部分的小的比例尺。
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3.	to draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot
	测绘用圆规和量角器划线和角；标绘
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4.	The house was drawn to scale, except one part which was out of scale.
	这张房屋图纸是按比例绘制的，只有一个部分不合比例。
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5.	A scale of ten kilometres to the centimetre, a scale of one to a million
	一厘米代表十公里的比例、一比一百万的比例
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6.	We are seeing unemployment on an unprecedented scale.
	我们现在正经历规模空前的失业现象。
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7.	a business especially one run on a large scale
	一次大规模的商业活动
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8.	a division or an interval on a graduated scale
	刻度标尺上的一个间隔
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9.	a plant disease or infestation caused by scale insects
	由介壳虫引起的植物疾病或感染
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10.	a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
	衡量重量；依靠重力
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