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metric

英 ['metrɪk] 美['mɛtrɪk]

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adj. 公制的；米制的；公尺的
n. 度量标准

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中文词源

metric 米制的，公制的

来自metre,米，公制。

英文词源

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)).

双语例句

1. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.: 《华尔街日报》每年用去22万公吨新闻纸。

2. We are gradually changing over to a completely metric system.: 我们正逐渐过渡到完全使用公制。

3. The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.: 1986年海关截获了27.2公吨的可卡因。

4. the metric system of measurement: 公制度量衡

5. In the metric system, measurements are made in metres and liters.: 在公制中, 用米和升作计量单位.