metres
metres — 名詞
- metressingular
- metresesplural
1. The basic unit for measuring length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetr
公尺
公制長度基本單位（100 公分）
The basic unit for measuring length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or roughly 39.37 inches.
The local swimming pool is twenty-five metres long and has ten lanes.
當地游泳池長二十五公尺，共有十條水道。
collocation: [number] metres long / wide / high / deep
Jessica bought three metres of blue fabric to sew new curtains for her bedroom window.
Jessica 買了三公尺長的藍色布料，準備幫臥室窗戶縫製新窗簾。
The tallest tree in the park stands about thirty metres above the ground.
公園裡最高的那棵樹大約有三十公尺高。
Joon ran one hundred metres in under eleven seconds at the school sports day.
Joon 在學校運動會上以不到十一秒的成績跑完一百公尺。
The distance between the two villages is roughly two thousand metres, or two kilometres.
這兩個村子之間的距離大約是兩千公尺，也就是兩公里。
- metre (m)
the official symbol is 'm'; 'metre' is the full word
用法筆記
This sense uses the British spelling 'metre' (plural 'metres'). US English uses 'meter' for both the unit of length and the measuring device, while British English distinguishes them: 'metre' for the unit of length and 'meter' for the device. The symbol for the unit is 'm' (e.g., 25 m, 100 m). Abbreviations like 'sq m' (square metres) and 'm³' (cubic metres) are common in construction and science.
常見錯誤
2. A device that records how much of a resource like gas, water, or electricity is
儀表；計量表
測量並顯示用量的裝置
A device that records how much of a resource like gas, water, or electricity is consumed as it flows through a pipe or cable.
The gas meter is in the cupboard under the stairs, next to the hot water tank.
瓦斯表放在樓梯下的櫥櫃裡，就在熱水器旁邊。
Noor checked the electricity meter at the end of each month to track household usage.
Noor 每個月底都會檢查電表，記錄家裡的用電量。
collocation: electricity meter / gas meter / water meter
A new water meter was installed outside the house to measure exactly how much the family uses.
屋外裝了一個新的水表，用來精確測量這家人的用水量。
The old meter by the front door records how many units of gas the building consumes each day.
大門旁邊的舊儀表每天記錄這棟建築消耗了多少單位瓦斯。
Piotr read the meter every week and wrote the numbers down in a small notebook.
Piotr 每週都會抄寫儀表讀數，把數字記在小筆記本裡。
用法筆記
In British English, the measuring device is spelled 'meter'. The spelling 'metre' is used for the unit of length. In everyday UK English, people commonly say 'the meter' when referring to a gas, water, or electricity meter.
常見錯誤
3. The device fitted inside a taxi that calculates the fare to be paid based on the
計費表；跳表
計程車計算車資的裝置
The device fitted inside a taxi that calculates the fare to be paid based on the distance travelled and the waiting time.
Rohan watched the taxi meter climb as the traffic crawled through the city centre.
Rohan 看著計程車跳表數字一直往上跳，因為車子在市中心塞在車陣中動彈不得。
As soon as Constanza got into the cab at the airport, the driver turned on the meter.
Constanza 在機場一上車，司機就打開了計費表。
collocation: turn on the meter
When the journey ended, the meter showed a fare of eighteen pounds and fifty pence.
車程結束時，計費表顯示車資為十八英鎊五十便士。
Diya asked the driver to turn off the meter because they had agreed on a fixed price beforehand.
Diya 請司機關掉計費表，因為他們事先已經講好了一個固定價格。
The meter was running the whole time the taxi sat in the queue outside the station.
計程車在車站外排隊等候的時候，計費表一直在跳。
- fare meter
less common; a more technical or formal term
用法筆記
In taxi contexts, 'the meter' alone is enough — people say 'what does the meter say?' without specifying 'taxi meter'. The phrase 'the meter is running' is also used metaphorically to mean that costs are accumulating.
4. The structured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a regul
韻律；格律
詩句中輕重音節的規律模式
The structured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a regular rhythm in a line of poetry.
Shakespeare's sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a metre with five beats per line.
莎士比亞的十四行詩用的是抑揚格五步格，一種每行有五個節拍的韻律。
Nala struggled to identify the metre in the poem because the rhythm kept changing between stanzas.
Nala 很難判斷這首詩的格律，因為韻律在不同詩節之間一直在變化。
The poetry teacher asked the class to mark the stressed syllables in each line to work out the metre.
詩歌老師要求全班同學標出每一行的重音音節，以找出其中的格律。
Traditional English verse often uses a regular metre of alternating weak and strong beats.
傳統英詩經常使用輕重交替的規律格律。
Dewi's own poem used a loose metre that did not follow a fixed pattern of stressed syllables.
Dewi 自己寫的詩採用了一種鬆散的格律，沒有遵循固定的重音模式。
用法筆記
Also spelled 'meter' in US English. Common types include iambic metre (unstressed + stressed) and trochaic metre (stressed + unstressed). This is a technical term used mainly in literary analysis and creative writing courses.