1. get the gauge of : 探测...的意向；
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名词
1. （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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. （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.
5. （铁道的）轨距
A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.
6. （金属等的）厚度；（金属丝等的）直径
A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.
1. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Synonym: gage
2. diameter of a tube or gun barrel
3. the thickness of wire
4. the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
5. accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
Synonym: standard of measurement