| 单词 | to take the gauge of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the gauge of b. transferred and figurative. Capacity, extent; dimensions, proportions. Chiefly in phrase to take the gauge of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > a containing space > capacity receivablenessc1443 capacity1481 content1491 receipt1565 continenta1608 capability1616 receptibility1651 gauge1655 reception1667 the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] bemetec893 meteOE mensurec1429 gaugec1440 measure1456 to take a scantling of1585 fathom1611 admetiate1623 quantify1627 span1641 to take (also get) the measure of1650 mensurate1653 to take the gauge of1780 spoil1794 quantitate1900 pace1955 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 291 He needed to be a good Mathematician in the gages of mens bellies..proportioning it to their severall ages, labour..appetites, &c. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 25 He [Howard] has visited all Europe..to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iv. 56 Rienzi sat at the feast..taking guage and measurement of the intellect, policy, temperament, of every guest. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xviii. 271 The old man looked up and around, apparently taking the gauge of the structure. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 209 His intellect..was much above the low gauge which people used to assign to it. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. viii. 157 The broadening of gauge in crinolines seemed to demand an agitation. < as lemmas |
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