gauge /geidʒ/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
• (n.) accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
• (n.) the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train

Chinese translation

• n. 标准度量, 计量器
• vt. 精确计量, 估计
• [计] 线规

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/geidʒ/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.02 · Super Rare

Word forms

gauged, gauging, gauges

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