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barometer n.气压计；晴雨表 (1) 空气压力用气压计度量。(2) 气压计的读数开始下降。(3) 头发是你基本健康状况的晴雨表。(4) 晴雨表正显示会下雨。 Sure, it's technically a weather man's tool — but you can use barometer more generally to describe anything that can be used to forecast or measure something else. The stock market is a barometer for economic health. Your grades are a barometer of how you're doing in school. For the President, a national poll is a barometer of political success. These kinds of barometers tell which way the wind is blowing — just not literally.

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英 [bə'rɒmɪtə(r)] 美 [bə'rɑːmɪtər] (1) Air pressure is measured by a barometer.(2) The barometer began to fall.(3) Hair is a barometer of your general health.(4) Now the barometer points to rain. A barometer is a device that measures atmospheric pressure. Barometers help meteorologists figure out what the weather is going to be like. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]气压计；气压表；晴雨表 A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]变化的标志；晴雨表 If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop.   [with supp]In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country...在过去的总统选举中，密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being.我们的睡眠模式是心理健康的晴雨表。

英语单词	barometer
英美音标	英 [bə'rɒmɪtə(r)] 美 [bə'rɑːmɪtər]
中文释义	n.气压计；晴雨表
英语例句	(1) Air pressure is measured by a barometer. (2) The barometer began to fall. (3) Hair is a barometer of your general health. (4) Now the barometer points to rain.
中文例句	(1) 空气压力用气压计度量。 (2) 气压计的读数开始下降。 (3) 头发是你基本健康状况的晴雨表。 (4) 晴雨表正显示会下雨。
vocabulary简明	A barometer is a device that measures atmospheric pressure. Barometers help meteorologists figure out what the weather is going to be like.
vocabulary扩展	Sure, it's technically a weather man's tool — but you can use barometer more generally to describe anything that can be used to forecast or measure something else. The stock market is a barometer for economic health. Your grades are a barometer of how you're doing in school. For the President, a national poll is a barometer of political success. These kinds of barometers tell which way the wind is blowing — just not literally.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]气压计；气压表；晴雨表 A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]变化的标志；晴雨表 If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop. [with supp] In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country... 在过去的总统选举中，密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。 Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being. 我们的睡眠模式是心理健康的晴雨表。

Barometer Weather Air Pressure Health Measures N Count 可数名词