词形变化: scalelike scaled scaled scaling scales

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1.

The force of the wind is measured on a standard scale of 0-12.

风力是按0-12级标准等级测量的。

2.

The company has begun to scale down its operations in Asia.

这家公司已开始减少在亚洲的业务。

3.

We are seeing unemployment on an unprecedented scale.

我们现在正经历规模空前的失业现象。

4.

Scale the fish before cooking them.

烧鱼之前先去掉鱼鳞。

【近义词】

【词源解说】

1300年左右进入英语,直接源自古法语的escale,意为鳞,壳;最初源自古日耳曼语的sklo,意为分裂,分开。

名词 scale:

1.

an ordered reference standard

同义词:scale of measurement,graduated table,ordered series

2.

relative magnitude

3.

the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

4.

a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

同义词:scale leaf

5.

a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

同义词:scurf,exfoliation

6.

(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

同义词:musical scale

7.

a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

同义词:weighing machine

8.

an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

9.

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

同义词:plate,shell

10.

a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

动词 scale:

1.

measure by or as if by a scale

2.

pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

3.

take by attacking with scaling ladders

4.

reach the highest point of

同义词:surmount

5.

climb up by means of a ladder

6.

remove the scales from

同义词:descale

7.

measure with or as if with scales

8.

size or measure according to a scale

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