the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
动词 scale:
measure by or as if by a scale
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
take by attacking with scaling ladders
reach the highest point of
climb up by means of a ladder
remove the scales from
measure with or as if with scales
size or measure according to a scale
双语例句
1. A fish's scales overlap each other.
鱼鳞一片片上下交叠。
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2. He weighed himself on the bathroom scales.
他用浴室磅秤称体重。
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3. The scales can be used to weigh other items such as parcels.
这台秤可以用来称量包裹等其他物品。
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4. About a month ago, my husband decided to use my scales and weigh himself.
大约一个月前，我的丈夫决定用我的体重秤称他自己。
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5. Most species lack scales over most of the body, making it smooth and slippery.
大多数物种身体上的大部分面积都没有鳞片，这使得它们很光滑。
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6. Although scales typically cover reptiles, the pterosaurs probably had hairy coats.
虽然爬行动物身上通常都有鳞片，但翼龙的皮可能有很多毛。
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7. Improve the accuracy of weather and wind forecasts on time scales from hours to days.
把天气和风力预报的准确性的时间尺度从几个小时的提高到几天的。
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8. He shrugged his shoulders and began to heave bags from his tricycle on to the scales.
他耸耸肩，开始把袋子从他的三轮车搬到秤上去。
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9. A group of colorful wild animals will spring to mind: a parrot's rainbow feathers or the showy scales of sea fish.
你会想到一群色彩斑斓的野生动物：鹦鹉的彩虹羽毛或海鱼的艳丽鳞片。
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10. "It was rough, with big scales," said Swisher, who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened.
事发时斯威舍正在去机场接朋友的路上，她说：“它很粗糙，鳞片很大。”
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11. "It was rough, with big scales,'' said Swisher, who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened.
事发时斯威舍正在去机场接朋友的路上 ，他说：“它很粗糙，鳞片很大。”
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12. Although most of their scales have been lost, tunas and mackerels retain a patch of coarse scales near the head called the corselet.
虽然它们的大部分鳞片已经消失，但金枪鱼和鲭鱼头部附近仍保留着一块粗糙的鳞片，称为胸甲。
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13. The bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep.
这些体长不超过一毫米的虫子以人类皮肤的鳞屑为食，并且产生的过敏原在睡眠时很容易被吸入。
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14. Readers can view extreme close-ups of items including ladies' tights, the surface of the human tongue and the beautiful scales on butterfly wings.
读者能够看到各项物品的大特写，其中包括女人的紧身衣、人类舌头的表面和蝴蝶翅膀上的美丽鳞屑。
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15. He tipped the scales at just over 80 kilos.
他称得体重刚过80公斤。
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16. In an interview, smart presentation can tip the scales in your favour.
在面试中，机敏的表现是一种有利的条件。
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17. Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in her favour.
今日稍短程的比赛将很有可能使她稍占优势。
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18. Sort of what tipped the scales for me was that like, people here actually talked to me.
对我来说，最终稍稍起决定性作用的是，这里的人们实际上跟我交谈了。
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19. Ms. Scales recalls her first sighting of a wild seahorse as "like glimpsing a unicorn trotting through my garden".
斯盖尔斯女士回忆起自己第一次看到野生海马的情景，就像“瞥见一只独角兽在我的花园里小跑”。
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20. Even a slender diplodocus, once believed to have tipped the scales at five and a half tonnes when alive, has lost a tonne and a half from its weight.
即使是一个瘦形梁龙，曾经被认为在活着的时候重达5.5吨，现在也减重了1.5吨。
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21. During this time, Doris has weighed 3 babies in her baby scales.
在这段时间里，多丽丝已经用婴儿秤给三个婴儿称重了。
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22. The scales of the pangolin were composed of the very thin prismy construction units and the folded units.
穿山甲的鳞片由非常薄的棱柱形结构单元和折叠单元组成。
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23. The Dorian mode is one of the oldest diatonic scales.
道林模式是最古老的全音阶之一。
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24. Please put your bags on the scales.
请把您的行李放在秤上。
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25. Some lipsticks contain fish scales.
有些唇膏中含有鱼鳞。
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26. Scales horizontally or vertically.
水平或垂直地扩展。
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27. Prof.: False okay. All fish have scales.
教授：为假，所有的鱼有鳞。
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28. Give away my scales?
把我的鳞片分给他们？
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29. Whales have scales. If has to be in there.
鲸鱼有鳞，如果必须有的话。
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30. The symbol of Libra is the scales of a balance.
天秤座的标志是一架平衡的天平。
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用作名词 (n.)
This pair of scales is not in equilibrium. 这个天平不平衡。
Let me weight it on the scales first. 让我先在天平上称称。
My kitchen scales are not accurate. 我的厨房秤不精确。
Please put your bags on the scales. 请把你的行李放在秤上。
Scales of skin peel off after scarlet fever. 猩红热病愈后皮肤上的鳞屑就会脱落。
Branchlets pubescent to glabrescent with minute scurfy hairs intermixed with unguicular scales. 小枝具短柔毛到后脱落有微小的鳞屑毛与具爪鳞片混生的。
