caliber
pronunciation
UK [ˈkælɪbə]
US [ˈkæləbər]
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- n.
- 口径
- 能力
- 水准
- 枪弹的直径
Word Origin
caliber 能力,口径
来自阿拉伯语qalib, 模子,后指枪管口径。
Example
- 1. Next to him sits the group 's thick-shouldered machine gunner , who mans a . 50 Caliber with a rusting barrel .
- 挨着他坐的是这组里肩膀厚实的机枪手,他操作一支50毫米口径的机枪,枪管锈迹斑斑。
- 2. Perhaps the first thing that students notice about their college is the caliber of their fellow students .
- 可能学生们对这所大学关注的第一件事就是同学的才干。
- 3. Ben bernanke , a monetary economist of the highest caliber , denies it , while john taylor , an equally respected monetary economist , insists on it .
- 本伯纳克,最高水平的货币经济学家,否认这一点,而约翰泰勒,同样受到尊敬的经济学家却坚持这一点。
- 4. Though capable of measuring the world in various ways and to various ends-determining the caliber of projectiles , surveying land , aiding navigation-some of the instruments were never used , having been collected for the very purpose to which the franklin puts them today : display .
- 尽管可以以各种方式、为不同目的测量世界---确定火炮口径、丈量大地、协助导航---有些仪器从来没有使用过,当时收集它们的目的刚好和今天富兰克林科技馆相同:展览。
- 5. There seemed to be genuine joy that a man of such caliber has become a colleague of ours .
- 这种才干的人成了我们的同事,似乎是一件很真诚的乐事。
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