Scale

(noun.) a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals.

(noun.) an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks.

(noun.) a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass.

(noun.) (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave).

(noun.) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.

(noun.) a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin.

(noun.) relative magnitude; 'they entertained on a grand scale'.

(noun.) the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; 'the scale of the map'; 'the scale of the model'.

(noun.) an ordered reference standard; 'judging on a scale of 1 to 10'.

(verb.) size or measure according to a scale; 'This model must be scaled down'.

(verb.) measure with or as if with scales; 'scale the gold'.

(verb.) remove the scales from; 'scale fish'.

(verb.) pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard.

(verb.) climb up by means of a ladder.

(verb.) reach the highest point of; 'We scaled the Mont Blanc'.

(verb.) take by attacking with scaling ladders; 'The troops scaled the walls of the fort'.

(verb.) measure by or as if by a scale; 'This bike scales only 25 pounds'.

录入:山姆

• This was a combination of state library and state publishing upon a scale hitherto unheard of. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• One curl of a girl's ringlet, one hair of a whisker, will turn the scale against them all in a minute. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It may have been cooling slowly, but, speaking upon the scale of things astronomical, it has certainly not cooled very much. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One light-measuring scale depends upon the law that the intensity of illumination decreases with the square of the distance of the object from the light. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In 1833 phosphorus friction matches were introduced on a commercial scale by Preschel, of Vienna. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Artesian wells are named after the French Province of Artais, where they appear to have been first used on an extensive scale. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The ranges are read in scales of 10-yard steps, and the azimuths for each . 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The morbid scales had fallen from her eyes, and she saw her position and her work more truly. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The scales are set according to the chemist's weighing orders, and the material is fed into the scales from the hoppers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They converted the steelyard into platform scales. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• To this standard the inventions of the century in weighing scales have come. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• For now he felt like a pair of scales, the half of which tips down and down into an indefinite void. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Mr Meagles was at hand the whole time, always ready to illuminate any dim place with the bright little safety-lamp belonging to the scales and scoop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Peepy had scaled his crib, and crept down in his bed-gown and cap, and was so cold that his teeth were chattering as if he had cut them all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• From the shining heights she has scaled and taken, she is never absent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• By the way, said he to Joseph Harrison, you found some place, I understand, where the fellow scaled the fence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• A full equipment of scaling ladders and fire-fighting apparatus is carried. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Some turn off from their voluntary pilgrimage down the Iss, and, scaling the awful walls of its canyon below us, stop in the valley. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• These outlaws have indeed a daring captain; but without machines, scaling ladders, and experienced leaders, my castle may defy them. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The officer turned suddenly from the path, and after climbing a paling, and scaling a hedge, entered a secluded field. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In the patient solving of tremendous problems he had toiled up the mountain-side of success--scaling its topmost peak and obtaining a view of the boundless prospect. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Who could arrest a creature capable of scaling the overhanging sides of Mont Salêve? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

校对:史蒂文