odometer
英 [əʊˈdɒm.ɪ.tər]
美 [oʊˈdɑː.mə.t̬ɚ]
记忆“odometer”的方法是将它拆分成两部分:“odo”和“meter”。想象“odo”是一个旅行者,他走过了很多地方(“odo”与“road”同源,可联想到道路),而“meter”是一个测量者(米尺或度量工具)。所以,“odometer”可以想象为测量旅行距离的仪器,即里程表。
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odometer 里程表来自希腊语hodos,路,词源同cede,anode,method.-meter,计量仪器。即计路器,里程表。
- odometer (n.)
- 1791, from French odomètre (1724), from Greek hodos "way" (see cede) + -meter. First recorded in writings of Thomas Jefferson.
- 1. I checked the odometer . He was right. Four miles exactly. I could have sworn it was 20.
- 我看了一下里程计, 他说得没错,确实是4英里, 我还坚信是20英里呢.
- 2. The odometer is mechanical, driven by a stepper motor.
- 里程表为机械式, 由一个步进马达带动.
- 3. We found powdered sugar on the odometer cable.
- 我们在里程表的电线上找到糖粉.
- 4. In each taxi there must be an odometer.
- 每部车均有里程显示器.
- 5. The odometer shows now 140 miles per hour.
- 里程表显示现在的时速为140英里.