scale
n
1 [C] any of the thin overlapping plates of hard material covering the skin of many fish and reptiles 鱗; 鱗片
scrape the scales from a herring 刮去鯡魚的鱗. => illus at fish 見fish插圖.
2 [C] thing resembling this, esp a loose flake of diseased skin 鱗狀物; (尤指皮膚的)鱗屑.
3 [U]
(a) (also esp Brit fur) chalky material deposited by hard water inside boilers, kettles, water-pipes, etc 水垢; 水 .
(b) tartar on teeth 牙垢.
4 (idm 習語) the scales fall from sb's `eyes someone suddenly realizes the truth after having been deceived 受騙後突然發覺真相; 發覺上當
Then the scales fell from my eyes
he had been lying all the time. 我恍然大悟: 他一直在撒謊. scale, v
1 [Tn] remove the scales from (fish) 刮(魚)鱗.
2 (phr v) scale off (sth) come off in flakes 呈片狀剝落或脫落
paint/plaster scaling off (a wall) (墻壁)脫落下來的油漆[灰泥].
scale n
1 [C]
(a) series of marks at regular distances for the purpose of measuring (eg on a ruler or thermometer) 標度; 刻度
This ruler has one scale in centimetres and another in inches. 這把尺上有厘米的刻度和英寸的刻度.
(b) measuring instrument marked in this way 有刻度的量具.
2 [C] system of units for measuring 量度制; 進位制
the `decimal scale 十進制.
3 [C] system of grading people or things according to how big, important, rich, etc, they are 等級; 級別
a scale of wages, taxation 工資、 稅率的等級
a person who is high on the social scale 社會地位高的人
The salary scale goes from 8000 to 20000. 薪金級別為8000英鎊至20000英鎊.
4 [C] relation between the actual size of sth and the map, diagram, etc which represents it 比例; 比率
a scale of ten kilometres to the centimetre, a scale of one to a million 一厘米代表十公里的比例、 一比一百萬的比例
a large-scale map, ie one showing a relatively small area in detail 大比例的地圖(較小范圍的詳圖)
Sheet maps use a much larger scale. 單張地圖用的比例大得多.
[attrib 作定語]
a scale model, drawing, etc 成比例的模型、 圖等. =>illus at map 見map插圖.
5 [U, C] relative size, extent, etc 規模; 程度; 范圍
entertain on a large scale, eg hold expensive parties with many guests 舉辦大規模的招待會
The scale of his spending 50000 in a year amazed us all. 他開銷之大--一年50000英鎊--把我們都嚇了一跳.
We achieve economies of scale in production, ie Producing many items reduces the price of each one. 我們取得了大規模生產的經濟效益.
6 [C] (music 音) series of notes arranged at fixed intervals in order of pitch, esp a series of eight starting on a keynote 音階
the scale of F, ie with F as the keynote F音階
practise scales on the piano 練習彈奏鋼琴的連續音階. Cf 參看 octave 1.
7 (idm 習語) to scale in a fixed proportion to the actual size 按比例
draw a map of an area to scale 按比例繪制某地的地圖. scale, v (phr v) ~ sth down/up reduce/increase sth 縮減[增加]某事物
We are going to scale down the number of trees being felled. 我們要減少砍伐的樹的數量.
We've scaled up production to meet demand. 我們已經擴大了生產以滿足需求.
scale n
1 [C] either of the two pans on a balance 天平盤.
2 scales [pl v]
balance or instrument for weighing 天平; 磅秤
a pair of scales 一臺天平
bathroom scales, ie for weighing oneself 浴室磅秤. =>illus 見插圖.
3 (idm 習語) tip the balance/scale => tip2. tip/turn the sc...