1. to scale : 按规定比例;
不及物动词
名词
1. 大小;(尤指庞大的)规模,范围,程度
If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.
2. 等级;级别;等级体系
A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things.
3. (根据年龄、工种等核定的工资或费用)级别,标准
A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do.
4. (地图、图纸、模型的)比例,比例尺
The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world.
5. (模型或复制品)按比例缩小的
A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features.
6. 音阶
In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note.
7. 鱼鳞;(爬行动物的)鳞片
The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body.
8. 天平;秤;磅秤
Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal.
9. 爬越;攀登;翻过
If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it.
10. 与…不成比例;和…不相称
If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
11. 按比例
If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other.
1. a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
2. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
3. an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
4. a measuring instrument for weighing
shows amount of mass
Synonym: weighing machine
5. (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
Synonym: musical scale
6. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
Synonym: scurfexfoliation
7. a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
Synonym: scale leaf
8. relative magnitude
e.g. they entertained on a grand scale
9. the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
e.g. the scale of the map
the scale of the model
10. an ordered reference standard
e.g. judging on a scale of 1 to 10