Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gauges, present participle gauging, past tense, past participle gauged
1VERB (常指用某种仪器)测量,测定,算出 If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind. (常指用某种仪器)测量,测定,算出
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots. [VERB noun]
他测出风速在30节以上。
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles. [VERB noun]
2N-COUNT [oft n NOUN]测量仪器;计量仪 A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured. 测量仪器;计量仪
...temperature gauges.
温度计
...pressure gauges.
压力计
3VERB 判断,判定(人的行动、情感或意图) If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them. 判断,判定(人的行动、情感或意图)
...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses. [VERB noun]
他在盘算着敌人可能的动向和自己的对策时
His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents. [VERB noun]
从他对鸡毛蒜皮的小事的反应就可以判断出他的情绪。
4N-SING (评价或判断的)事实,依据,标准 A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them. (评价或判断的)事实,依据,标准
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity. [+ of]