meter

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

meter [meter meters metered metering] noun, verb BrE [ˈmiːtə(r)] NAmE [ˈmiːtər]
noun
1. (especially in compounds)a device that measures and records the amount of electricity, gas, water, etc. that you have used or the time and distance you have travelled, etc
•A man came to read the gas meter.
•The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.
see also ↑light meter
2. = ↑parking meter
3. -meter (in compounds)a device for measuring the thing mentioned
•speedometer
•altimeter
•calorimeter
4. (NAmE) = ↑metre
•Who holds the record in the 100 meters?

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from ↑mete + ↑-er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•The electricity company will send an employee to read your meter.
•The taxi driver kept the meter running.
•The taxi waited, its motor running, the meter ticking away.
•The taxi waited, the meter ticking away.
•The token meter is operated by tokens costing £1 or £5.
•a man in uniform checking the parking meters

 
verb ~ sth
to measure sth (for example how much gas, electricity, etc. has been used) using a ↑meter
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘person who measures’): from ↑mete + ↑-er. The current sense dates from the 19th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  metre, time, measure, beat, cadence, m