gauge

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind. (常指用儀器) 測(cè)量
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots. 他測(cè)量出風(fēng)速為30節(jié)以上。
2. N-COUNT A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured. 測(cè)量?jī)x器[oft n N]
...temperature gauges. …溫度計(jì)。
3. V-T If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them. 判定
His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents. 他的情緒可以通過(guò)他對(duì)最瑣碎的小事的反應(yīng)來(lái)判定。
4. N-SING A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them. (評(píng)價(jià)、判斷的) 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity. 這個(gè)指數(shù)是政府對(duì)未來(lái)經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)的主要判斷標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
5. N-SING the distance between the rails of a railway track: in Britain 4 ft 8 in. (1.435 m) 軌距