thermometer

thermometer
noun
  1. an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol which extends along the tube as it expands
    温度计,寒暑表;体温表
派生
thermometric
adjective
thermometrical
adjective
thermometry
noun
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from French thermomètre or modern Latin thermometrum, from thermo- 'of heat' + -metrum 'measure'
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