scale

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

Translation

n. 刻度;比例;數值範圍;天平;規模;鱗
vi. 攀登;衡量;生水垢;剝落
vt. 攀登;測量;刮鱗;依比例決定
Word Forms
複數scales
現在分詞scaling
過去分詞scaled
第三人稱單數scales
過去式scaled

Phrases & Collocations

weighing scale

稱重秤

musical scale

音階

large scale

adj. 大規模的;大型的

small scale

小規模;小比例尺

production scale

生產規模

full scale

全尺寸;原大的;完全的;全刻度的;滿量程

in scale

依比例

economies of scale

規模經濟

time scale

時標;調時制

industrial scale

工業規模

scale economy

規模經濟

scale effect

規模效應;放縮效應

big scale

大規模

gray scale

灰度;灰階

scale model

成比例模型;相似模型

on a scale

在某個規模;在…規模上

scale up

按比例放大;按比例增加

medium scale

平均比例尺;中等規模(的);中間尺度

richter scale

里氏震級

laboratory scale

實驗室規模

Example Sentences

the scale on a thermometer

溫度計的標度

the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs.

恐龍非人的身材比例。

a large scale corporation

大規模企業

a scale to measure sth.

衡量某物的尺度

scale the wall by a ladder

用梯攀登越牆

a scale of equal temperament

等程音階

Scale and clean the fish.

將魚除鱗洗淨

a full-scale invasion of the mainland.

對大陸全面的侵略。

no one foresaw the scale of the disaster.

無人預見到災難的程度。

the scale of C major.

C 大調。

a small-scale research project.

小規模研究項目。

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

這是一張比例尺爲1比100萬的地圖。

Real-world Examples

Tip the scale of the brave and bold.

顛覆勇敢無畏的天平。

Source: Villains' Tea Party

I did not specify on what scale.

但我又沒說評分的標準是什麼。

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

In other words it can achieve economies of scale.

換句話說,它可以實現規模經濟。

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 9

The buds of trees have brown scales over them.

樹木的芽兒有棕色鱗片。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

So we scaled this process up to architectural scale.

我們將這個流程的規模放大到建築物的大小。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2015 Collection

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

此外,還得喫點創造了記錄的砂鍋菜。

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2019 Collection

D) Expand the scale of fish-farming continuously.

不斷擴大養魚規模。

Source: Past English Level 4 Reading Exam Papers

But the difference is the time scale.

但是不同的是時間段。

Source: Jack Dorsey's speech

Horrors on a scale that defy description.

恐怖的規模難以描述。

Source: VOA Daily Standard March 2017 Collection

One is just the scale that's needed.

一個是所需的規模。

Source: Vox opinion

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