scales
scales
英[skeɪlz]美[skeɪlz]
n.刻度( scale的名词复数 )，水垢，比例（尺），鱼鳞；
例句
The fish scales 2 pounds.这条鱼重两磅。
The butcher weighed the meat on the scales.肉贩用盘秤称肉。
Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛*初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
The scales of parameters are derived from three similitude rules. 2.并给出了基于上述三种相似关系推导的各个参量的相似比尺.
The evidence given by his friend turned the scales, and the boy was set free.他朋友提供的证据起了决定作用, 那孩子获释了.
Again there was that moment of splintered sapphires before the lids, dropping like scales, extinguished it.她眼眶中又闪烁出蓝宝石的光彩,接着眼睑象鱼鳞般地垂落下来, 双目又黯然失色了.
On larger scales, analogous halos are thought to keep clusters of galaxies bound together.在更大的尺度上,有人相信,由于存在著类似的晕体, 星系团才凝聚在一起.
The LORD detests differing weights , and dishonest scales do not please him.两样的法码, 为耶和华所憎恶.诡诈的天平,也为不善.
For wage scales have a way of being paralleled by workers in different kinds of businesses.因为在各个不同的企业部门中工人的工资幅度和等级通常是平行的.
A fish's scales overlap each other.鱼鳞一片片上下交叠。
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-SING
大小;(尤指庞大的)规模,范围,程度
If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.
例句
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem...然而，他低估了问题的严重性。You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place...看到此处气势如此恢宏，你可能会觉得自己很渺小。N-COUNT
等级;级别;等级体系
A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things.
例句
...an earthquake measuring five-point-five on the Richter scale...里氏 5.5 级地震The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten...患者按十分制给这些治疗方法打分。N-COUNT
(根据年龄、工种等核定的工资或费用)级别,标准
A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do.
例句
...those on the high end of the pay scale...工资级别*高的人A Registered Osteopath will be pleased to tell you his scale of fees before you decide on a consultation.在病人决定是否就诊之前，注册整骨医师会很乐意告知其收费标准。N-COUNT
(地图、图纸、模型的)比例，比例尺
The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world.
例句
The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths.该地图以 1:10,000 的比例尺显示了 5,000 多条不同道路。ADJ
(模型或复制品)按比例缩小的
A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features.
例句
Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house.富兰克林为他的母亲制作了一个复杂精细的房屋模型。N-COUNT
音阶
In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note.
例句
...the scale of C major.C 大调音阶N-COUNT
鱼鳞;(爬行动物的)鳞片
The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body.
N-PLURAL
天平;秤;磅秤
Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal.
例句
...a pair of kitchen scales.一台厨房秤...bathroom scales...浴室体重秤VERB
爬越;攀登;翻过
If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it.
例句
In 1981, five members of a climbing party died while scaling Mount Hood.1981 年，一支登山队的5名队员在攀登胡德峰时遇难。The men scaled a wall and climbed down scaffolding on the other side.那些男人攀上一堵墙然后顺着另一侧的脚手架爬了下去。PHRASE
与…不成比例;和…不相称
If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
例句
The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building.那座塔的顶部矗立着一尊巨型雕像，与整个建筑完全不成比例。PHRASE
按比例
If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other.
例句
...a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale.内有全部按比例建造的小塔和小桥的微缩花园
