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单词 caliber
释义 caliber
 —calibered; esp. Brit., calibred,  adj.  
 /kal"euh beuhr/,  n.  
  1. the diameter of something of circular section, esp. that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
  2.  Ordn.   the diameter of the bore of a gun taken as a unit of measurement.
  3. degree of capacity or competence; ability: a mathematician of high caliber.
  4. degree of merit or excellence; quality: the high moral caliber of the era.
 Also, esp. Brit., calibre.
 [1560-70; var. of calibre < MF << Ar qalib mold, last < Gk kalápous shoe last, equiv. to kala- comb. form of kâlon wood + poús foot (see -POD)]
 Syn. 4. worth, distinction.
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