Scale

他从他父亲那儿学得攀登崖面的技巧。

在声学中我们采用分贝标度。

漆从墙上剥落。

这把尺有厘米和英寸两种刻度。

我的厨房秤不精确。

【串】sale(卖)东西用scale(天平)称一下,swale(沼泽地)里有块stale(陈旧的)shale(岩石) 【记】※ sale-销售,scale-天平:销售商品要像天平一样公正 ※ scale-刻度,scare-受惊:秤的刻度不准,顾客受惊 ※ sale-销售,scale-数值范围:这家公司的销售范围很广

scale n 1 [C] any of the thin overlapping plates of hard material covering the skin of many fish and reptiles 鳞; 鳞片 scrape the scales from a herring 刮去鲱鱼的鳞. => illus at fish 见fish插图. 2 [C] thing resembling this, esp a loose flake of diseased skin 鳞状物; （尤指皮肤的）鳞屑. 3 [U] (a) (also esp Brit fur) chalky material deposited by hard water inside boilers, kettles, water-pipes, etc 水垢; 水 . (b) tartar on teeth 牙垢. 4 (idm 习语) the scales fall from sb's `eyes someone suddenly realizes the truth after having been deceived 受骗後突然发觉真相; 发觉上当 Then the scales fell from my eyes he had been lying all the time. 我恍然大悟: 他一直在撒谎. scale, v 1 [Tn] remove the scales from (fish) 刮（鱼）鳞. 2 (phr v) scale off (sth) come off in flakes 呈片状剥落或脱落 paint/plaster scaling off (a wall) （墙壁）脱落下来的油漆[灰泥]. scale n 1 [C] (a) series of marks at regular distances for the purpose of measuring (eg on a ruler or thermometer) 标度; 刻度 This ruler has one scale in centimetres and another in inches. 这把尺上有厘米的刻度和英寸的刻度. (b) measuring instrument marked in this way 有刻度的量具. 2 [C] system of units for measuring 量度制; 进位制 the `decimal scale 十进制. 3 [C] system of grading people or things according to how big, important, rich, etc, they are 等级; 级别 a scale of wages, taxation 工资、 税率的等级 a person who is high on the social scale 社会地位高的人 The salary scale goes from 8000 to 20000. 薪金级别为8000英镑至20000英镑. 4 [C] relation between the actual size of sth and the map, diagram, etc which represents it 比例; 比率 a scale of ten kilometres to the centimetre, a scale of one to a million 一厘米代表十公里的比例、 一比一百万的比例 a large-scale map, ie one showing a relatively small area in detail 大比例的地图（较小范围的详图） Sheet maps use a much larger scale. 单张地图用的比例大得多. [attrib 作定语] a scale model, drawing, etc 成比例的模型、 图等. =>illus at map 见map插图. 5 [U, C] relative size, extent, etc 规模; 程度; 范围 entertain on a large scale, eg hold expensive parties with many guests 举办大规模的招待会 The scale of his spending 50000 in a year amazed us all. 他开销之大--一年50000英镑--把我们都吓了一跳. We achieve economies of scale in production, ie Producing many items reduces the price of each one. 我们取得了大规模生产的经济效益. 6 [C] (music 音) series of notes arranged at fixed intervals in order of pitch, esp a series of eight starting on a keynote 音阶 the scale of F, ie with F as the keynote F音阶 practise scales on the piano 练习弹奏钢琴的连续音阶. Cf 参看 octave 1. 7 (idm 习语) to scale in a fixed proportion to the actual size 按比例 draw a map of an area to scale 按比例绘制某地的地图. scale, v (phr v) ~ sth down/up reduce/increase sth 缩减[增加]某事物 We are going to scale down the number of trees being felled. 我们要减少砍伐的树的数量. We've scaled up production to meet demand. 我们已经扩大了生产以满足需求. scale n 1 [C] either of the two pans on a balance 天平盘. 2 scales [pl v] balance or instrument for weighing 天平; 磅秤 a pair of scales 一台天平 bathroom scales, ie for weighing oneself 浴室磅秤. =>illus 见插图. 3 (idm 习语) tip the balance/scale => tip2. tip/turn the sc...

是刻啊（谐音）：是 刻度啊 sale+c（称):卖东西的 称

*[skeil]n. 刻度, 衡量, 比例, 比例尺, 数值范围, 等级, 规模, 天平, 秤, 鳞, 积垢vt. 依比例决定, 攀登, 测量, 绘制, 刮鳞, 使生垢, 过秤vi. 剥落, 生水垢, 重量为, 攀登, 衡量【计】 刻度【化】 规模; 污垢; 污垢沉积物; 标度; 刻度; 等级【医】 鳞屑, 鳞片(昆虫), 秤, 天平, 标, 标度, 刻度【经】 分级, 比例, 规模相关词组: throw one's sword into the scale to scale

①刻度，度数，比例尺 ②天平，称