| 单词 | measuring rod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeasuring rod measuring rod n. literal and figurative ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick yardc1000 meteyardOE reedc1350 ell-yardc1400 yard-wand14.. scantillona1425 gad1440 metewand1440 meterod1473 rod1473 ell1474 gad-wand1487 ell-wand?a1500 measuring rod1546 scantling1556 metepole1571 meting pole1606 wand1614 yardstick1797 yard-measure1838 gad-stick1866 meting-rod1881 1546 J. Bale Acts Eng. Votaries Pref. f. 6v Ye noble gouerners and lerned lawers, vnto whom God hath in thys age delyuered the measurynge rodde of hys worde,..that ye shuld measure all thynges ryghtlye. 1667 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (ed. 5) ii. 197 Your measuring Rod. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins viii. 58 Decempeda was a sort of measuring Rod for taking the dimensions of Buildings. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. 476 Does Gibbon think to sound the depths of the eternal ocean with the tape and measuring-rod of his merely literary philosophy? 1989 Independent 2 May 6/2 Ancient Egyptian stonemasons appear to have used measuring rods capable of detecting unevennesses of up to one-hundredth of an inch. < as lemmas |
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