meter
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used. 表
He was there to read the electricity meter. 他在那兒讀電表。
2. V-T To meter something such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay. 用表測量
Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water. 這些用戶中只有1/3認(rèn)為用水表計量是合理的。
3. N-COUNT A meter is the same as a . 停車收費(fèi)器
4. N-COUNT A meter is the same as a . 同metre[美國英語]
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meter /?mi?t?/ (metering,metered,meters)
劍橋詞典
meter noun [C] (DEVICE)
a device that measures the amount of something that is used
計，儀，表
The electricity meter is in the basement . 電表在地下室。
You'll need some change for the parking meter. 你需要些零錢付計時停車費(fèi)。
A man came to read the meter (= see how much gas had been used). 有人來抄表了。
the device in a taxi that measures the distance or the amount of time spent travelling and shows how much you have to pay
（出租車的）計價器
The cab driver left the meter running while I helped Mum to her front door . 我扶媽媽下車走到前門口這段時間，出租車司機(jī)一直開著計價器。
meter noun [C] (MEASUREMENT)
US spelling of metre
米（metre 的美式拼法） 返回 meter