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barometer

英 [bə'rɒmɪtə]美 [bə'rɑmɪtɚ]

n. [氣象] 氣壓計；睛雨表；顯示變化的事物

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中文詞源

barometer 氣壓計

詞根bar, 重，同gravity, 重力。-meter, 儀器，計。

英語詞源

barometer (n.)

1660s, from Greek baros

"weight," from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)) + -meter. Probably coined (and certainly popularized) by English scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691).

權威例句

1. Infant mortality is a highly sensitive barometer of socio - economic conditions.

嬰兒死亡率能夠充分反映社會經濟狀況.

2. The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.

氣壓表表明氣壓在繼續下降.

3. The arrow on the barometer was pointing to'stormy ".

氣壓計上的箭頭指向 “ 有暴風雨 ”.

4. The barometer is falling.

氣壓正在下降.

5. In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country.

在過去的總統選舉中，密蘇里州一直是國內其他州的晴雨表。

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