gauge

1. V-T 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. (常指用儀器) 測量

He gauged the wind at over thirty knots. 他測量出風速爲30節以上。

2. N-COUNT A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured. 測量儀器[oft n N]

...temperature gauges. …溫度計。

3. V-T If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them. 判定

His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents. 他的情緒可以通過他對最瑣碎的小事的反應來判定。

4. N-SING A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them. (評價、判斷的) 標準

The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity. 這個指數是政府對未來經濟活動的主要判斷標準。

5. N-SING the distance between the rails of a railway track: in Britain 4 ft 8 in. (1.435 m) 軌距