| 单词 | metre |
| 释义 | metre metre UK (US meter) /ˈmiː.tər/ aep /-t̬ɚ/ noun [C] (WRITTEN ABBREVIATION m) (MEASUREMENT) ► A2 a unit of measurement equal to 100 centimetres: » The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.» a 15-metre yacht» She won the 100 metres (= a race run over this distance) at the Olympics.» He is 1 m 75 tall.» The price of water rose to 48p per cubic metre (= a unit of volume equal to 1,000 litres).» The room is six metres square.Thesaurus+: ↑Measurements of length and distance• • • Extra Examples:» The women's 200 metre event will be followed by the men's 100 metres.» The river froze to a depth of over a metre.» There's a drop of two metres from the window to the ground.» We are currently flying at an altitude of 15,000 metres.» The boat is ten metres in length. metre UK, SPECIALIZED (US meter) /ˈmiː.tər/ aep /-t̬ɚ/ noun [C or U] (POETRY) ► F0 the regular arrangement of syllables in poetry according to the number and type of beats in a line: » He composes poems in a classical style and in strict metre.» Many hymns have a firm, regular metre.Thesaurus+: ↑Poetry |
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