gauge /ɡeɪdʒ/ CET6 TEM8 ( gauging, gauged, gauges )

• 1. 

  V-T If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind. (常指用仪器) 测量

  例：

  He gauged the wind at over thirty knots.

  他测量出风速为30节以上。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured. 测量仪器 [oft n N]

  例：

  ...temperature gauges.

  …温度计。

• 3. 

  V-T If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them. 判定

  例：

  His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents.

  他的情绪可以通过他对最琐碎的小事的反应来判定。

• 4. 

  N-SING A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them. (评价、判断的) 标准

  例：

  The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.

  这个指数是政府对未来经济活动的主要判断标准。

• 5. 

  N-SING the distance between the rails of a railway track: in Britain 4 ft 8 in. (1.435 m) 轨距