gauge

noun

/ɡeɪdʒ/

(US English also gage)

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(often in compounds常构成复合词) an instrument for measuring the amount or level of something测量仪器（或仪表）；计量器
- a fuel/pressure/temperature gauge燃料/压力/温度计
- The depth gauge tells you how deep you have dived.深度计可以显示潜水的深度。
- The fuel gauge was reading ‘empty’.汽油表显示油已用完。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- accurate
- fuel
- gas
- …
verb + gauge
- check
- glance at
- look at
- …
gauge + verb
- indicate something
- read something
- show something
- …
a measurement of how wide or thick something is宽度；厚度
- What gauge of wire do we need?我们需要多大直径的金属丝？
(also bore especially in British English)
a measurement of how wide the barrel of a gun is（枪管的）口径
- a 12-gauge shotgun12 号猎枪
the distance between the rails of a railway track or the wheels of a train（铁道的）轨距；（火车的）轮距
- standard gauge (= 56½ inches in Britain)标准轨距（在英国为 56.5 英寸）
- a narrow gauge (= narrower than standard) railway窄轨铁路
- At that time railways of three different gauges were in use.当时使用三种不同轨距的铁路。
see also narrow gaugeTopics Transport by bus and trainc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- broad
- narrow
- standard
- …
[usually singular] gauge (of something) a fact or an event that can be used to estimate or judge something（用于估计或判断的）事实，依据，尺度，标准
- Tomorrow's game against Arsenal will be a good gauge of their promotion chances.明天与阿森纳队的比赛是衡量他们能否晋级的很好依据。
- In the USA anything that's good is worth a lot of money. That's your gauge.在美国，任何好的东西都值很多钱。那是你的标准。
- This company is seen as a gauge of Britain's industrial well-being.这个公司被看作是衡量英国工业是否呈良性发展的尺度。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- accurate
- good
- reliable
- …
verb + gauge
- be seen as
- serve as
preposition
- gauge of

词源Middle English (denoting a standard measure): from Old French gauge (noun), gauger (verb), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun), jauger (verb), of unknown origin.

gauge

verb

/ɡeɪdʒ/

(US English also gage)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they gauge	/ɡeɪdʒ/ /ɡeɪdʒ/
he / she / it gauges	/ˈɡeɪdʒɪz/ /ˈɡeɪdʒɪz/
past simple gauged	/ɡeɪdʒd/ /ɡeɪdʒd/
past participle gauged	/ɡeɪdʒd/ /ɡeɪdʒd/
-ing form gauging	/ˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/

to make a judgement about something, especially people’s feelings or attitudes判定，判断（尤指人的感情或态度）
- gauge something They interviewed employees to gauge their reaction to the changes.他们与雇员面谈以判定他们的应变能力。
- He tried to gauge her mood.他试图揣摩她的心情。
- gauge whether, how, etc… It was difficult to gauge whether she was angry or not.很难判断她是否在生气。
gauge something to measure something accurately using a special instrument（用仪器）测量
- precision instruments that can gauge the diameter to a fraction of a millimetre可测出直径为若干分之一毫米的精密仪器
to calculate something approximately估计；估算
- gauge something We were able to gauge the strength of the wind from the movement of the trees.我们可根据树的摇动估算出风力。
- It is impossible to gauge the extent of the damage.无法估计损坏的程度。
- gauge how, what, etc… It is difficult to gauge how much fuel is needed很难估计需要多少燃料
- Some of this can be gauged from existing data.其中一些可以从现有数据中衡量。
- It's always difficult to gauge how many people attend events like these.很难估计有多少人参加这样的活动。
- You should be able to gauge roughly how long a task will take.你应该能够大致估计一项任务需要多长时间。

词源Middle English (denoting a standard measure): from Old French gauge (noun), gauger (verb), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun), jauger (verb), of unknown origin.