metric
英 ['metrɪk]
美 ['mɛtrɪk]
metric 中文词源
metric 米制的，公制的来自metre,米，公制。
metric 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)).
metric 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。 来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. the metric system of measurement
- 公制度量衡
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》