millimetre
millimetre — 名詞
- millimetresingular
- millimetresplural
1. a metric unit for measuring very small lengths, with 1,000 millimetres making on
毫米
長度單位，一公尺的千分之一
a metric unit for measuring very small lengths, with 1,000 millimetres making one metre
The crack in the phone screen was only two millimetres wide.
手機螢幕上的裂痕只有兩毫米寬。
collocation: [number] millimetres wide
Nia trimmed three millimetres off the edge of the photo.
Nia 把照片邊緣修掉了三毫米。
verb pattern: trim + [number] millimetres off
The dentist said the cavity was less than one millimetre deep.
牙醫說那個蛀洞不到一毫米深。
A millimetre on the map represents ten metres on the ground.
地圖上的一毫米代表地面上的十公尺。
Paloma moved the picture frame a few millimetres to the left.
Paloma 把相框往左移了幾毫米。
- millimeter
American English spelling of the same unit
- mm
standard written abbreviation used with numbers
文法句型
[number] + millimetre(s) + adjective
[verb] + [number] + millimetres + off
用法筆記
Often written as mm after a number. British English uses millimetre, while American English usually uses millimeter.