scaling
柯林斯詞典
1. N-SING If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big. 規(guī)模; 范圍
However, he underestimates the scale of the problem. 然而，他卻低估了問題的嚴(yán)重性。
The break-down of law and order could result in killing on a massive scale. 法律和秩序的崩潰可能會導(dǎo)致大規(guī)模的殺戮。
2. →see also full-scale , large-scale , small-scale
3. N-COUNT A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things. 等級
...an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale. …一次里氏5.5級地震。
The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten. 這位患者按0到10分給這些療法分級。
4. →see also timescale
5. N-COUNT A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do. 工資級別
...those on the high end of the pay scale. …那些在高工資級別端的人。
6. N-COUNT The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world. 比例尺
The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths. 這張比例尺為1:10000的地圖顯示了5000條以上的獨立小徑。
7. N-COUNT the notation of a given number system 進(jìn)位制[maths]
the decimal scale
8. →see also full-scale , large-scale
9. ADJ A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features. 按比例縮小的[ADJ n]
Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house. 富蘭克林為他的母親制作了一個按這座房子比例縮小的精巧逼真的模型。
10. N-COUNT In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note. 音階
...the scale of C major. …C大調(diào)音階。
11. N-COUNT The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body. 鱗
Remove any excess scales from the fish skin. 刮掉魚皮上任何多余的鱗。
12. N-COUNT A scale is a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example, for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal. 秤[usu pl]
...a pair of kitchen scales. …一臺廚用天平秤。
...a bathroom scale. …一臺浴室磅秤。
13. V-T If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it. 攀登[書面]
...Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to scale Everest. …麗貝卡·斯蒂芬斯，第一位登上珠穆朗瑪峰的英國女性。
14. V-T to remove the scales or coating from 刮掉···的鱗片; 去掉···的涂層
15. V-T to weigh with or as if with scales (似)用天平稱重
16. PHRASE If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them. 與…不成比例; 與…不相稱
The tiny church was out of scale with the new banks and offices around it. 這座小教堂與周圍那些新的銀行和辦公樓很不相稱。
17. PHRASE If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other. 按比例
...a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale. …一個盆景，里面的小寶塔和小橋也都是按比例制作的。
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