noun🔗Share计量器，仪表。 (always meter) A device that measures things."The meter on my sewing machine measures how much fabric I've used. "我缝纫机上的计量器是用来测量我用了多少布料的。devicemachinetechnologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share咪表，停车收费器 (always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment."The student inserted money into the parking meter to park their car near the school. "那个学生往咪表里投了钱，好把车停在学校附近。utilitydevicetrafficessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share计量员，测量员 (always meter) One who metes or measures."a labouring coal-meter"一个辛勤劳作的煤炭计量员jobpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share米, 公尺 (elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second."The scientist measured the length of the table in meters. "那位科学家用米来测量桌子的长度。unitphysicssciencetechnicalmathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share节拍，韵律。 (elsewhere metre) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure."The song has a fast meter, with four beats per measure. "这首歌的节拍很快，每个小节有四个拍子。musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share韵律, 格律 (elsewhere metre) The rhythm pattern in a poem."The poem's meter was iambic pentameter, making it sound pleasing to the ear. "这首诗的格律是抑扬格五音步，所以听起来悦耳动听。literaturelanguagestylemusicwritingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share镶条 (elsewhere metre) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it."The fisherman added a meter to his fishing net to make it stronger. "渔夫在他的渔网上加了一条镶条，让渔网更结实。nauticaltechnicalsailingstructurepartessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share韵律, 诗歌。 A poem."My favorite English teacher wrote a beautiful meter about the changing seasons. "我最喜欢的英语老师写了一首关于季节变换的优美诗歌，韵律也很动听。literaturelanguagewritingstyleessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share测量，计量 To measure with a metering device."The technician used a special gauge to meter the amount of water flowing through the pipe. "技术员用一种特殊的仪表来计量流经管道的水量。technologydeviceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share盖邮戳，用邮资机盖印。 To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter."The postal worker used a postage meter to meter the letter before dropping it in the mailbox. "邮政人员在把信件投入邮箱前，用邮资机给信件盖了邮戳。stationerybusinesscommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share计量，测量。 To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath)."The chef meticulously metered the spices, ensuring each dish had the precise amount of each ingredient. "厨师一丝不苟地计量香料，确保每道菜都配有精确的配料用量。amountutilitymachinetechnicalenergyindustryprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
