n. 计量器;计量仪
v. 用仪表测量
A man came to read the gas meter.
有位男子来查过煤气表。
He was there to read the electricity meter.
他在那儿读电表。
While we waited the taxi´s meter kept ticking away.
我们等候时,出租汽车的计程器一直在滴答滴答地走着。
The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.
在等我们的时候,出租车司机让计程表继续走字。
Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water.
这些用户中只有1/3认为用水表计量是合理的。