metre

metre1
(US 美 meter)
noun
  1. the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or approximately 39.37 inches
    米
    ■(—— metres)a race over a specified number of metres
    …米比赛
    the 200 metres.
    200米径赛。
  2. As the SI base unit of linear measure, the metre is currently defined precisely as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. Historically, other official definitions have been used: when the metric system was standardized, the metre was defined as one ten millionth part of the length of a quadrant of the meridian
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metreage
noun
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from French mètre, from Greek metron 'measure'
metre2
( 美 meter)
noun
  1. the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line
    （诗歌等）韵律，格律
    the Horatian ode has an intricate governing metre.
    贺拉斯颂歌的主导格律很复杂。
    [mass noun]unexpected changes of stress and metre.
    重音和韵律的突然变换。
    ■the basic pulse and rhythm of a piece of music
    节拍
语源
  1. Old English, reinforced in Middle English by Old French metre, from Latin metrum, from Greek metron 'measure'
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