scale

1. N-SING If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big. 规模; 范围

However, he underestimates the scale of the problem. 然而，他却低估了问题的严重性。

The break-down of law and order could result in killing on a massive scale. 法律和秩序的崩溃可能会导致大规模的杀戮。

2. →see also full-scale , large-scale , small-scale

3. N-COUNT 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. 等级

...an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale. …一次里氏5.5级地震。

The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten. 这位患者按0到10分给这些疗法分级。

4. →see also timescale

5. N-COUNT 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. 工资级别

...those on the high end of the pay scale. …那些在高工资级别端的人。

6. N-COUNT 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. 比例尺

The map, on a scale of 1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths. 这张比例尺为1:10000的地图显示了5000条以上的独立小径。

7. N-COUNT the notation of a given number system 进位制[maths]

the decimal scale

8. →see also full-scale , large-scale

9. ADJ 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. 按比例缩小的[ADJ n]

Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house. 富兰克林为他的母亲制作了一个按这座房子比例缩小的精巧逼真的模型。

10. N-COUNT In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note. 音阶

...the scale of C major. …C大调音阶。

11. N-COUNT The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body. 鳞

Remove any excess scales from the fish skin. 刮掉鱼皮上任何多余的鳞。

12. N-COUNT A scale is 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. 秤[usu pl]

...a pair of kitchen scales. …一台厨用天平秤。

...a bathroom scale. …一台浴室磅秤。

13. V-T If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it. 攀登[书面]

...Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to scale Everest. …丽贝卡·斯蒂芬斯，第一位登上珠穆朗玛峰的英国女性。

14. V-T to remove the scales or coating from 刮掉···的鳞片; 去掉···的涂层

15. V-T to weigh with or as if with scales (似)用天平称重

16. PHRASE If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them. 与…不成比例; 与…不相称

The tiny church was out of scale with the new banks and offices around it. 这座小教堂与周围那些新的银行和办公楼很不相称。

17. PHRASE If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other. 按比例

...a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale. …一个盆景，里面的小宝塔和小桥也都是按比例制作的。