音标：[geidʒ] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；

n. 标准度量, 计量器
vt. 精确计量, 估计
[计] 线规

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
n. the thickness of wire

词型变化：名词复数形式 : gauges ; 过去分词 : gauged ; 现在分词 : gauging ; 过去式 : gauged ; 第三人称单数 : gauges
考试类型：[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

名词77%

动词23%

gauge的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

The fuel gauges dropped swiftly.燃料表指针迅速下降。
What gauge of wire should we use for this job?我们干这活应该用多大号的铅丝?
This is a narrow-gauge railway.这是一条窄轨铁路。
We must gauge the diameter of wire first.我们必须先测量电线的直径。
The gauge of the barrel was about 2 inches wide.枪管的内径大约为2英寸宽。

用作动词(v.)

It was difficult to gauge how people would respond.大家的反应如何难以估计。
I'll try to put out some feelers to gauge people's reactions to our proposal.我想试探一下，看看人们对我们建议的反应。
We must gauge the diameter of wire first.我们必须先测量电线的直径。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

What gauge of wire should we use for this job?我们干这活应该用多大号的铁丝?
The fuel gauges dropped swiftly.燃料表指针迅速下降。
What gauge of wire do you require?你需要什么规格的电线?
Is a person's behavior under stress a reliable gauge of his character?人在受到压力时的行为能作其品性的可靠尺度吗?

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The device can gauge the speed.这种装置可以计量速度。
A thermometer gauges the temperature.温度计可测量温度。
It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

S+～+that/wh-clause

I gauged that it was not a good moment to speak to her.我认为那不是跟她说话的时机。
Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗?

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

take the gauge of估计,衡量

形容词+～

broad 〔wide〕gauge宽轨距
internal gauge内径规
narrow gauge窄轨距
standard gauge标准轨距

名词+～

angle gauge角规
fuel gauge油位表
gas gauge气量计
level gauge水准仪
pressure gauge压力计,气压计
rain gauge雨量器
water gauge水位表
wind gauge风速计

～+介词

a gauge for measuring度量器

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

gauge one's character判断某人的品格
gauge the height〔temperature〕测量高度〔温度〕
gauge the speed计量速度

经典引文

His intellect..was much above the low gauge which people used to assign to it.
出自：A. W. Kinglake
He gauged yses depnesse of the dyche with a speare.
出自：Ld Berners
I have gauged..the river..and obtained..the quantity of water in cubic feet per day.
出自：John Phillips
The copper-tin alloy was not always accurately gauged.
出自：P. Warner
Productivity is gaged by output per manhour.
出自：Industry Week

【近义词】

estimate估价
measure措施
judge法官
assess评定
appraise评价
weigh衡量
rate比率
meter公尺
scale刻度
evaluate评价
guess推测
device装置
criterion标准
instrument仪器
measurement测量，测量法...
assessment评价
test考验
yardstick码尺
survey问卷
determine决定
calculate计算
breadth宽度
fathom英寻（=6英尺)...
extent 广度
expanse宽阔的区域
up向上
size大小
size up估量
standard标准
rank等级
gage抵押品
bore使厌烦
caliber才干
approximate近似的
calibre(枪等)口径

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