metric
adjective /ˈmetrɪk/
/ˈmetrɪk/
- based on the metric system
米制的;公制的 - metric units/measurements/sizes
公制单位/尺寸/大小 - British currency went metric in 1971.
英国的货币于 1971 年实行公制。
- metric units/measurements/sizes
- made or measured using the metric system
按公制制作的;用公制测量的 - These screws are metric.
这些螺丝钉是用公制尺码制造的。
- These screws are metric.
- (also metrical)connected with the rhythm of a poem, produced by the arrangement of stress on the syllables in each line
格律的
词源mid 19th cent. (as an adjective relating to length): from French métrique, from mètre, from Greek metron ‘measure’.