gauge

/ɡeɪdʒ/

意味: 測定器、基準

例文: ALX installed a glitter pressure gauge in the lab.
　　  ALXは研究室にキラキラ圧力計を設置した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: pressure gauge(圧力計), fuel gauge(燃料計), temperature gauge(温度計)

定義: 物の大きさや量を測るための道具や方法。たとえば、車の燃料の量やタイヤの空気圧を測るために使います。また、状況や感情を判断するためにも使われます。

gaugeは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Noun: accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
Noun: the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
Noun: the thickness of wire
Noun: diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Verb: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Verb: rub to a uniform size
Verb: determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
Verb: measure precisely and against a standard
Verb: adapt to a specified measurement
Verb: mix in specific proportions

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please gauge the temperature before turning on the heater.(ヒーターをつける前に温度を測ってください。)
He used a gauge to measure the tire pressure.(彼はタイヤの空気圧を測るためにゲージを使った。)
It’s hard to gauge her true feelings from her smile.(彼女の本当の気持ちは笑顔からは判断しにくい。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Verb: gauge bricks
Verb: gauge the wine barrels
Verb: the wire is gauged
Verb: gauge the instruments
Verb: gauge plaster

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): approximate, bore, caliber, calibre, estimate, gage, gauge, guess, judge, standard of measurement

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): blend, calculate, determine, diameter, distance, measuring instrument, quantify, rub, standard, standardize, thickness

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): absorb, accelerometer, accrete, actinometer, add, admeasure, admix, algometer, alloy, altazimuth, altimeter, altitude, arm’s length, atmometer, audiometer, average, barometer, baseline, bathymeter, benchmark, blend in, bolometer, bore, brush, budget, burette, caliper, calorimeter, capitalize, chronoscope, clock, colorimeter, conjugate, count, counter tube, craniometer, cryoscope, declinometer, densimeter, densitometer, differentiate, divide, dosemeter, dynamometer, earned run average, electrodynamometer, electroscope, estimate, eudiometer, extract, factor, fathom, gauge, grade point average, graduate, grate, gravimeter, heliometer, hematocrit, hydrometer, hygrometer, inclinometer, integrate, integrator, interferometer, interpolate, ionization chamber, katharometer, kundt’s tube, leg, lidar, light time, log, measuring stick, medium of exchange, melt, meter, miscalculate, multiply, nephoscope, norm, octant, oximeter, pace, pedometer, pelvimeter, photometer, piezometer, pipet, pitot tube, pitot-static tube, plethysmograph, plumb, potentiometer, process, procrustean standard, prorate, pumice, puree, quadrant, quantize, radar, rangefinder, recalculate, rectify, redetermine, refract, refractometer, resolve, rheometer, rosin, scale, sclerometer, scour, scrape, scrub, sector, seismograph, sensitometer, sequence, sextant, situate, skip distance, smear, sonar, spherometer, spirograph, spirometer, sponge down, static tube, subtract, survey, synchroscope, syncretize, tachometer, tape, tensiometer, thermometer, timepiece, titrate, tonometer, torsion balance, translate, variometer, venturi tube, viscometer, wattmeter, weigh, windage, wingspan, wingspread, wipe, worry, yardstick

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): anemometer, assess, broad gauge, depth gauge, dipstick, gasoline gauge, give, guesstimate, lowball, make, misgauge, narrow gauge, place, pressure gauge, quantize, rain gauge, reckon, standard gauge, strain gauge, surface gauge, truncate, vacuum gauge, water gauge, wire gauge

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: approximative, bore, calibrate, estimate, estimation, gauge, guess, guesser, judge, judging, judgment

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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