英语释义

1. an instrument or machine for weighing

2. a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends —usually used in plural

3. either pan or tray of a balance

4. to weigh in scales

5. to have a specified weight on scales

6. a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish

7. a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale
scales of mica the scales on a moth's wing

8. the scaly covering of a scaled animal

9. a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin

10. a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: such as

11. a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (such as iron) when it is heated for processing

12. a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (such as a boiler) in which water is heated

13. a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion

14. a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract

15. any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor

16. scale armor

17. scale insect

18. infestation with or disease caused by scale insects

19. to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping)
scale a fish

20. to take off in thin layers or scales
scale tartar from the teeth

21. to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water skim

22. to separate and come off in scales flake

23. to shed scales
scaling skin

24. a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals

25. something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: such as

26. an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances

27. a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (such as the height of the mercury in a thermometer)

28. ruler sense 3

29. a graduated series or scheme of rank or order
a scale of taxation

30. minimum wage sense 2

31. a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original)

32. a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree
projects done on a large scale

33. a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement

34. a means of ascent

35. ladder

36. according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement
floor plans drawn to scale

37. to climb up or reach by means of a ladder

38. to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders
scale a castle wall

39. to reach the highest point of surmount
scale a mountain

40. to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard adjust
a production schedule scaled to actual need —often used with back, down, or up
scale down imports

41. to arrange in a graduated series

42. to measure by or as if by a scale

43. to measure or estimate the sound content of (logs, standing timber, etc.)

44. to climb by or as if by a ladder

45. to rise in a graduated series

46. measure

47. an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber

48. escalade

49. either pan of a balance or the balance itself

50. a device for weighing

51. one of the small stiff plates that cover much of the body of some animals (as fish and snakes)

52. a thin layer or part suggesting a fish scale
the scales on a butterfly's wing

53. to remove the scales of
They scaled the fish.

54. flake entry 2
My dry skin was scaling.

55. to climb by or as if by a ladder
Climbers scaled the cliff.

56. to regulate or set according to a standard —often used with down or up
I scaled down my plan.

57. a series of musical tones going up or down in pitch in fixed steps

58. a series of spaces marked off by lines and used for measuring distances or amounts
a thermometer's scale

59. a series of like things arranged in order (as according to size or degree)
a color scale

60. the size of a picture, plan, or model of a thing compared to the size of the thing itself
The scale of the model is {frac1/35}.

61. a standard for measuring or judging
On a scale of one to ten, I give it an eight.

62. the size or extent of something especially in comparison to something else They throw parties on a large scale.

63. to weigh in scales

64. a film of tartar encrusting the teeth

65. to take off in thin layers or scales
scale tartar from the teeth

66. to separate or come off in thin layers or laminae

67. to shed scales or fragmentary surface matter exfoliate
scaling skin

68. a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (as the height of the mercury in a thermometer)

69. a graduated series or scheme of rank or order

70. a set of graduated wage rates also a wage consistent with such rates — compare minimum wage

片语

scale economy规模经济

time scale[电子] 时标；调时制

Rockwell Scales洛氏标尺

spatial scales空间尺度

Hybrid Scales混合秤

production scale生产规模

medium scale平均比例尺；中等规模（的）；中间尺度

scale model[测] 成比例模型；相似模型

ordinal scales顺序量表；顺序尺度；等级分类

large scale大规模的；大型的

small scale小规模；小比例尺

full scale全尺寸；原大的；完全的；全刻度的；满量程

on the scale of以……的规模

in scale依比例

laboratory scale实验室规模

scale up按比例放大；按比例增加

richter scale里氏震级

scale effect规模效应；放缩效应

on a large scale大规模地

gray scale灰度；灰阶

on a scale在某个规模；在…规模上

batheroom scales体重计

Ratio Scales比率尺度

rating scales评定量表（rating scale的复数）

economies of scale规模经济

Likert Scales利克特量表

industrial scale工业规模

big scale大规模

category scales范畴量表

英汉例句

• improve the accuracy of weather and wind forecasts on time scales from hours to days.

  提高对时间尺度从几个小时到几天的天气和风力预报的準确性。

• this weight is so tiny as to be 「effectively unmeasurable」 by any scales that currently exist, he says.

  他说，这个重量太过渺小，以致现有的任何天平都无法进行「有效测量」。

• he rinsed the flecked mesh of scales and the red flesh inside, then wrapped the fish in paper and put it in a plastic bag.

  他三下五除二地沖凈了带有斑点的鱼鳞以及里面鲜红的鱼肉，然后把鱼包裹在纸里，再放进一个塑料袋。

• the scales on the wing also have a specialized mirror underneath them, which act very much like the tiny mirrors found in leds.

  另外，这些鳞状物的下方也有一个专门的「镜子」，这与发光二极管中的微小的「镜子」作用非常相似。

• also, you can modify the objects in other ways, the next example scales the ball so that it looks squashed at the bottom of each bounce.

  另外，你也可以用不同的方式改变对象，接下来的例子能够缩放球体以致于它看上去像在每次弹跳的低端被压扁了一样。

• that cools spending at home and tilts the scales towards firms that sell abroad, nudging workers and capital in their direction.

  这会使国内消费减少，使天平向生产出口商品的公司倾斜，推动工人和资金向它们的方向流动。

• 「this is an extraordinary site to preserve evidence of structures like scales and feathers,」 said dr clarke.

  克莱克说：「这是一个极为不同的位置，能够保存鳞片、羽毛等组织的存在证据。」

• one oddity is that all produce is sold by the piece, with no scales in sight, making it difficult to compare loose items like broccoli or squash that are elsewhere priced by the pound.

  有一个怪事就是所有的农产品都是论个儿卖的，你也看不到磅秤，这样对于比较像花椰菜或者果汁汽水就困难了，其他地方都论磅卖。

• structure exists on nearly all scales in the universe.

  宇宙中几乎有各种规模的结构存在。

• but the scales require constant adjustment in response to shifting conditions—not least of which is the threat posed by climate change.

  但这个天平需要对变化的条件不断进行调整——尤其是对气候变化引起的威胁。

• so do several quirks of the justice system, which weigh the scales against the accused.

  司法体系是用来衡量被告数量与规模的，这其中的奇事也很普遍。

• the bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep.

  这些体长不超过一毫米的屋尘螨依靠吃人皮肤的鳞屑生存，并且释放一些很容易被人睡觉时吸入的过敏素。

• if man is an iron-balance that weigh pains and pleasures, the scales are sadly askew.

  假如人是一架称量痛苦和快乐的铁质天平，不幸的是：天平斜了。

• add, delete, and change the trait scales as needed.

  添加，删除和改变特征尺度是现实需要的。

• readers can view extreme close-ups of items including ladies' tights, the surface of the human tongue and the beautiful scales on butterfly wings.

  读者能够看到各项物品的大特写，其中包括女人的紧身衣、人类舌头的表面和蝴蝶翅膀上的美丽鳞屑。

• and to be able to see our context in this larger sense at all scales helps us all, i think, in understanding where we are and who we are in the universe.

  能够帮助我们在一个更广大的尺度和感知下看到我们的处境，我想，对于我们身处何处以及我们在宇宙中是什么样的这些事情我们也是处在认知之中。

• the light bounces off the structures so that the scales appear to us as a shimmering green.

  光从这种结构上反射回来，在我们看来，鳞片就是发着微光的绿色。

• new species came into being over tens and hundreds of thousands of years. but these are time scales and generations that we cannot imagine.

  数万年间，又有新的物种衍生，但这个时间尺度如此之长、繁衍的代数如此之多，远非人类能够料想得到。