英语词汇“barometer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	barometer
释义	Trends of barometer View usage for: barometer (bərɒmɪtəʳ) Word forms: plural barometers 1. countable noun A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing. 2. countable noun If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop. In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of thecountry. [+ of] Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being. barometer in British English (bəˈrɒmɪtə) noun 1. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, usually to determine altitude or weather changes 2. anything that shows change or impending change the barometer of social change Derived forms barometric (ˌbærəˈmɛtrɪk) or barometrical (ˌbaroˈmetrical) adjective barometrically (ˌbaroˈmetrically) adverb barometry (baˈrometry) noun barometer in American English (bəˈrɑmətər) noun 1. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp. an aneroid barometer or an evacuated and graduated glass tube (mercury barometer) in which a column of mercury rises or falls as the pressure of the atmosphere increases or decreases: barometers are used in forecasting changes in the weather or finding height above sea level 2. anything that reflects or indicates change the stock market is a barometer of business Derived forms barometric (ˌbaroˈmetric) (ˌbærəˈmɛtrɪk) adjective or ˌbaroˈmetrical barometrically (ˌbaroˈmetrically) adverb Word origin baro- + -meter Image of barometer © Aleksandr Stepanov, shutterstock Examples of 'barometer' in a sentence barometer Interest in the movement is a curious barometer of social anxiety. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We will have a good barometer to see how far we are. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The leisure sector has proved a good barometer of economic conditions. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Taxi drivers are always a good barometer of the economy. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The measure is seen as a key barometer of safety. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Aluminium is seen as a key economic barometer. Times, Sunday Times (2010) So how have the barometer readings changed? Times, Sunday Times (2010) The underlying fact of life in the marsh is that it is an extremely sensitive ecological barometer of changes in its surrounding environment. Levenson, Thomas Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on Earth (1990) This is as good a barometer as any of India's new confidence. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Things are getting better - non-food is a good barometer of that. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In the distant past, they were regarded as the single most important barometer of the country 's health. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Engineers, often a useful barometer of the mood about the global economy, were in demand as well. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A key barometer of Britain's service sector also showed activity up for the first time in a year. The Sun (2009) Word lists with barometer Measuring instruments In other languages barometer British English: barometer NOUN A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing. A man in camp took a barometer reading at half-hour intervals. American English: barometer Brazilian Portuguese: barômetro Chinese: 气压计 European Spanish: barómetro French: baromètre German: Barometer Italian: barometro Japanese: 気圧計 Korean: 기압계 European Portuguese: barómetro Latin American Spanish: barómetro Chinese translation of 'barometer' barometer (bəˈrɔmɪtəʳ) n (c) 晴雨表 (qíngyǔbiǎo) (个(個), gè)
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