1N-COUNT 气压计;气压表;晴雨表 A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing. 气压计;气压表;晴雨表
2N-COUNT 变化的标志;晴雨表 If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop. 变化的标志;晴雨表
In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country. [+ of]
在过去的总统选举中,密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。
Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being.
1instrument that measures air pressure氣壓計ADJECTIVE | VERB + BAROMETER | BAROMETER + VERBADJECTIVE➤aneroid空盒氣壓表VERB + BAROMETER➤check, read查看氣壓計;讀氣壓值▸➤tap輕彈氣壓計◇He tapped the barometer and noted where the needle was pointing.他把氣壓計輕輕彈了彈,看了看指針的位置。BAROMETER + VERB➤rise氣壓計讀數上升▸➤drop, fall氣壓計讀數下降barometer
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2sth that shows the state of sth指標ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤accurate, good, reliable, sensitive, useful (especially BrE) 精確的/有效的/可靠的/敏感的/有用的指標◇Infant mortality is a highly sensitive barometer of socio-economic conditions.嬰兒死亡率是能夠充分反映社會經濟狀況的高敏感度指標。➤cultural, moral, political文化/道德/政治晴雨表PREPOSITION➤barometer of⋯的標誌