metric是什麽意思

metric

英 ['metrɪk] 美 ['mɛtrɪk]

adj. 公製的；米製的；公尺的
n. 度量標準

中文詞源

metric 米製的，公製的

來自metre,米，公製。

英文詞源

metric (adj.): "pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter," 1855, from French métrique, from mèter (see meter (n.2)). In this sense, metrical is attested from 1797.
metric (n.): "science of versification," 1760, from Greek he metrike "prosody," plural of metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion" (see meter (n.2)).

雙語例句

1. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.: 《華爾街日報》每年用去22萬公噸新聞紙。

2. We are gradually changing over to a completely metric system.: 我們正逐漸過渡到完全使用公製。

3. The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.: 1986年海關截獲了27.2公噸的可卡因。

4. the metric system of measurement: 公製度量衡

5. In the metric system, measurements are made in metres and liters.: 在公製中, 用米和升作計量單位.

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