meter

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A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used.

noun [具体名词]计量器,仪,表;停车收费器;<美>米;<美>(诗歌的)韵律,格律

He was there to read the electricity meter.
他在那儿读电表。

verb [vt. 及物动词]用仪表计量(测量),通过计量器计(价)

To meter something such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay.
用表测量

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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。
A man came to read the gas meter. 有位男子来查过煤气表。
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。