meter
gb/mˈitɚ/ us/mˈitɚ/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 3400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
Device for measuring amounts
A tool that measures and shows how much of something there is.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a [type] meter
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'meter' (device) with 'metre' (unit of length in British English).
คำพ้องความหมาย
gauge (Often interchangeable, but 'gauge' is more common in technical or engineering contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
estimation (An opposite approach, as it does not involve precise measurement.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
parking meter
|electricity meter
|water meter
|gas meter
|speed meter
หัวข้อ
science
|technology
|daily life
ตัวอย่าง
- The parking meter showed that his time had expired.
- The electricity meter is read once a month by the utility company.
- A speed meter in the car tells you how fast you are going.
- The gas meter is located outside the house.
- We installed a water meter to track our consumption.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The parking meter says my time is up.
- The man reads the electricity meter.
- My car has a speed meter.
- The gas meter is near the door.
- We have a water meter in our home.
คำนาม
A2
quantity
2
Metric unit of length
A measure of length equal to 100 centimeters.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Students often confuse 'meter' (length) with 'meter' (device) and may spell it 'metre' depending on English variety.
คำพ้องความหมาย
metre (British English spelling of the same unit.)
คำตรงข้าม
inch (A smaller unit of length in the imperial system.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
square meter
|cubic meter
|run a meter
|meter stick
หัวข้อ
science
|measurement
|education
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The table is two meters long.
- He ran 100 meters in record time.
- The ceiling is three meters high.
- They bought cloth by the meter.
- A square meter is a unit of area.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The bed is two meters long.
- He can run 100 meters fast.
- The room is three meters wide.
- We buy wood by the meter.
- One square meter is not big.
คำนาม
technical
B2
entity
3
Rhythm in poetry or music
The pattern of sounds or beats in poetry or music.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think 'meter' here refers to measurement tools; clarify it's about rhythm.
คำพ้องความหมาย
rhythm ('Rhythm' is broader and used in many contexts beyond poetry and music theory.)
คำตรงข้าม
free verse (Poetry without a regular rhythmic pattern.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
iambic meter
|trochaic meter
|in 4/4 meter
หัวข้อ
arts
|literature
|music
|arts_entertainment
|education
ตัวอย่าง
- This poem is written in iambic meter.
- The song is in 3/4 meter.
- Changing the meter changes the feel of the music.
- Shakespeare often used iambic pentameter.
- The composer experimented with unusual meters.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- This poem has iambic meter.
- The song is in 4/4 meter.
- Shakespeare used iambic pentameter.
- The music has a slow meter.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
meter
IPA
GB/mˈitɚ/
US/mˈitɚ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
meter (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (meter)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: meter
- Variant Spelling: metre
- Plural: meter, meters
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
จุดสำคัญด้านไวยากรณ์
- Spelling Variant: metre Noun
วลีและสำนวน
run up the meter
1/ɹˈʌn ˈʌp ðə mˈitɚ/
idiom
informal
Let costs increase on a device
To let the cost or amount recorded by a device (like a taxi meter) go higher, usually by using it longer.
ตัวอย่าง
- If we keep driving around, we'll just run up the meter.
- He left the call connected, running up the meter on his phone bill.
watch the meter
1/wˈɔt͡ʃ ðə mˈitɚ/
fixed phrase
Monitor a measuring device closely
To look at a device that measures something so you can see changes or when it reaches a limit.
ตัวอย่าง
- Watch the meter while I turn on the appliance.
- She watched the taxi's meter as they drove through traffic.