barometer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/    美 /bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/|[bəˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ]|/bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/|[bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
    — Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.
  2. Anything used as a gauge or indicator. broadly,figuratively
    — "An election is not necessarily an accurate barometer of public opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of communication."

词形变化

barometers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
aneroid barometer Eurobarometer Fitzroy barometer Fortin barometer geobarometer geothermobarometer hydrobarometer mercury barometer telebarometer thermobarometer Torricellian barometer water barometer wheel barometer
相关词
bathometer

词源

From baro- + -meter. Coined in 1665 by Robert Boyle as a name for the instrument invented by Torricelli some 20 years earlier; soon thereafter borrowed from English into various languages.
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