calibrate

英 [ˈkælɪbreɪt]

美 [ˈkælɪbreɪt]

v.  标定，校准(刻度，以使测量准确)

过去分词：calibrated　现在分词：calibrating　过去式：calibrated　第三人称单数：calibrates　

GREIELTS化学

BNC.20597 / COCA.14027

牛津词典

verb

• 标定，校准（刻度，以使测量准确）
  to mark units of measurement on an instrument such as a thermometer so that it can be used for measuring sth accurately

柯林斯词典

• VERB 校定，校准，调节(计量器具)
  If youcalibratean instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
  1. ...instructions on how to calibrate a thermometer.
     如何标定温度计的说明
  2. ...a calibrated hypodermic syringe.
     标定精确刻度的皮下注射器
• VERB 精确测量;准确估量
  If youcalibratesomething, you measure it accurately.
  1. ...a way of calibrating the shift of opinion within the Labour Party...
     准确衡量工党内部观点转变的方法
  2. Pesticide levels in food are simply too difficult to calibrate.
     食品中杀虫剂的含量很难精确测定。

英英释义

verb

• make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
  1. calibrate an instrument
  2. graduate a cylinder
  Synonym:graduatefine-tune
• measure the caliber of
  1. calibrate a gun
• mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
  1. he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale

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