音标:[skeil] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 刻度, 衡量, 比例, 比例尺, 数值范围, 等级, 规模, 天平, 秤, 鳞, 积垢
vt. 依比例决定, 攀登, 测量, 绘制, 刮鳞, 使生垢, 过秤
vi. 剥落, 生水垢, 重量为, 攀登, 衡量
[计] 刻度
n. an ordered reference standard
n. relative magnitude
n. the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
n. a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
词型变化:名词复数形式 : scales ; 过去分词 : scaled ; 现在分词 : scaling ; 过去式 : scaled ; 第三人称单数 : scales
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
名词91%
动词9%

scale的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. How much does it read on the scale?刻度显示的是多少?
  2. The force of the wind is measured on a standard scale of 0-12.风力是按0-12级标准等级测量的。
  3. The fifth note of a scale is called a dominant.音阶的第五音被称为属音。
用作动词(v.)
  1. It takes courage and strength to scale these cliffs.攀登这些悬崖需要勇气和力量。
  2. The company has begun to scale down its operations in Asia.这家公司已开始减少在亚洲的业务。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Scales of skin peel off after scarlet fever.猩红热病愈后皮肤上的鳞屑就会脱落。
  2. His explanations removed the scale from my eyes.他的解释使我看清了真相。
  3. A scale of rust covered the steel plate.一层铁锈覆盖了钢板。
  4. This ruler has only one scale in centimeters.这把尺只有厘米刻度。
  5. The scale of this map is an inch to a mile.这张地图的比例尺是一英寸代表一英里。
  6. He's in business on a small scale.他做的是小本生意。
  7. For every year you've worked here you go up another step on the salary scale.你在这儿每工作一年,工资就会长一级。
  8. His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
  9. The butcher weighed the meat on the scales.肉贩用盘秤称肉。
  10. He bears down on the scales at 276 pounds.他在磅秤上称的体重为276磅。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. The boys soon scaled the wall.男孩很快就爬上了墙头。
  2. They are determined to spare no efforts to scale the peaks in science and technology.他们决心全力攀登科技高峰。
  3. You have to scale the fish before cooking it.你在烧鱼之前得刮去鳞片。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
hang in the scales
    悬而未决not decided
turn the scales
    扭转局面cause to change situation

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • scrape the scales off a fish刮鱼鳞
  • diminish〔enlarge〕 the scale of缩小〔扩大〕…的规模
  • practice the scales练音阶
  • sing scale吊嗓子
  • hold the scale裁判
形容词+~
  • the adequate scale适当的规模
  • the calculating scale计算尺
  • the circular scale刻度盘
  • the decimal scale十进位制
  • the nationwide scale全国范围
名词+~
  • the pay〔salary, wage〕 scale工资级别
  • the union scale工会会员的等级
  • the world scale全球规模
  • the beam scale杆秤
  • the table scale台秤
介词+~
  • in a scale在一定程度上
  • on a scale of按…的比例
  • be drawn to scale按比例绘制
  • on the scale在天平上
~+介词
  • scales of skin皮肤的鳞屑
  • the scale of one to ten一比十的比例
  • the scale of wages工资级别
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • scale a tree爬树
~+介词
  • scale a tree by ladders用梯子爬树

经典引文

  • I weighed myself on her scales, and found I had lost weight.

    出自:C. Priest
  • Providence..weighs the nations in an even scale.

    出自:fig.
  • In the balancing of probabilities..the scales don't bump..either way.

    出自:J. Hilton
  • The scales are weighed heavily against him.

    出自:W. R. Geddes
  • An old green garden-seat with the paint peeling off in scales.

    出自:R. Firbank
  • Its scale..surpassed that of any church..in England.

    出自:E. A. Freeman
  • The..intervention of foreign troops on a major scale.

    出自:G. F. Kennan
  • Our..wish to preserve the planet must..be reduced to the scale of our competence.

    出自:Harper's Magazine
  • The..paint was scaling from the brick walls.

    出自:S. Bellow
  • The highest pass in Europe..and..it seemed as if we were scaling heaven itself.

    出自:H. M. Field
  • A prisoner had escaped by scaling the roof.

    出自:C. Morgan
  • Cecil..never attained the literary heights which his brother so often scaled.

    出自:fig.
  • By this, is..the corrupt deputy scaled.

    出自:Measure for Measure,Shakespeare
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