meter

1. N-COUNT A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used. 表

He was there to read the electricity meter. 他在那兒讀電表。

2. V-T To meter something such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay. 用表測(cè)量

Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water. 這些用戶中衹有1/3認(rèn)爲(wèi)用水表計(jì)量是郃理的。

3. N-COUNT A meter is the same as a . 停車收費(fèi)器

4. N-COUNT A meter is the same as a . 同metre[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]