scale

[US]/skeɪl/
[UK]/skeɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 刻度;比例;数值范围;天平;规模;鳞
vi. 攀登;衡量;生水垢;剥落
vt. 攀登;测量;刮鳞;依比例决定
Word Forms
复数scales
现在分词scaling
过去分词scaled
第三人称单数scales
过去式scaled

Phrases & Collocations

weighing scale

称重秤

musical scale

音阶

large scale

adj. 大规模的;大型的

small scale

小规模;小比例尺

production scale

生产规模

full scale

全尺寸;原大的;完全的;全刻度的;满量程

in scale

依比例

economies of scale

规模经济

time scale

时标;调时制

industrial scale

工业规模

scale economy

规模经济

scale effect

规模效应;放缩效应

big scale

大规模

gray scale

灰度;灰阶

scale model

成比例模型;相似模型

on a scale

在某个规模;在…规模上

scale up

按比例放大;按比例增加

medium scale

平均比例尺;中等规模(的);中间尺度

richter scale

里氏震级

laboratory scale

实验室规模

Example Sentences

the scale on a thermometer

温度计的标度

the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs.

恐龙非人的身材比例。

a large scale corporation

大规模企业

a scale to measure sth.

衡量某物的尺度

scale the wall by a ladder

用梯攀登越墙

a scale of equal temperament

等程音阶

Scale and clean the fish.

将鱼除鳞洗净

a full-scale invasion of the mainland.

对大陆全面的侵略。

no one foresaw the scale of the disaster.

无人预见到灾难的程度。

the scale of C major.

C 大调。

a small-scale research project.

小规模研究项目。

This is a map in the scale of one-millionth.

这是一张比例尺为1比100万的地图。

Real-world Examples

Tip the scale of the brave and bold.

颠覆勇敢无畏的天平。

Source: Villains' Tea Party

I did not specify on what scale.

但我又没说评分的标准是什么。

Source: How I Met Your Mother: The Romantic History of My Parents (Season 6)

In other words it can achieve economies of scale.

换句话说,它可以实现规模经济。

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 9

The buds of trees have brown scales over them.

树木的芽儿有棕色鳞片。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

So we scaled this process up to architectural scale.

我们将这个流程的规模放大到建筑物的大小。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2015 Collection

And beyond the pale, you tip the scales with record-setting veggies.

此外,还得吃点创造了记录的砂锅菜。

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2019 Collection

D) Expand the scale of fish-farming continuously.

不断扩大养鱼规模。

Source: Past English Level 4 Reading Exam Papers

But the difference is the time scale.

但是不同的是时间段。

Source: Jack Dorsey's speech

Horrors on a scale that defy description.

恐怖的规模难以描述。

Source: VOA Daily Standard March 2017 Collection

One is just the scale that's needed.

一个是所需的规模。

Source: Vox opinion

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