Celsius
Celsius — biographical name
1. Anders Celsius (1701–1744), the Swedish astronomer after whom the temperature sc
Anders Celsius (1701–1744), the Swedish astronomer after whom the temperature scale is named
Celsius — noun
1. a system for measuring how hot or cold something is, with the freezing point of
a system for measuring how hot or cold something is, with the freezing point of water at 0° and the boiling point at 100°, used in most countries for weather, cooking, and science
Wei checked the weather app and saw the temperature was thirty-two degrees Celsius this morning.
degrees Celsius — standard construction for stating a temperature
Dr. Santos placed the ceramic dish into the furnace at one thousand degrees Celsius.
The bus driver wiped frost from the window as the Celsius reading dropped to minus five.
Ananya learned that water freezes at zero degrees Celsius and boils at one hundred.
文法句型
[number] degrees Celsius
in Celsius
用法筆記
Always place 'Celsius' after the number and 'degrees': twenty-five degrees Celsius, not Celsius twenty-five degrees.
常見錯誤
Celsius — adjective
- Celsiuspositive
- more Celsiuscomparative
- most Celsiussuperlative
1. measured or shown using the Celsius temperature system, which marks freezing at
measured or shown using the Celsius temperature system, which marks freezing at 0° and boiling at 100°
The science teacher showed the class how to read temperatures on a Celsius thermometer.
Celsius thermometer — adjective modifying a noun to describe the type of instrument
Most weather forecasts in Japan report temperatures using the Celsius measurement system.
Kamal prefers the Celsius scale because the freezing and boiling points of water are easy to remember.
Aya picked up a Celsius oven thermometer at the kitchen supply store near her apartment.
The recipe book listed oven temperatures only in Celsius degrees, so Mei-Lin bought a new thermometer.
文法句型
Celsius [noun] — modifies a following noun
用法筆記
Only used before a noun it describes. A 'Celsius thermometer' means a thermometer that shows the Celsius scale, not a thermometer made by someone named Celsius.