A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features. 按比例缩小的
adjective [原级] 有鳞的；（房屋）栉比鳞次的；已去了鳞的
The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade. 国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 攀登，翻越；刮鳞；剔除（牙垢）（scale 的过去式和过去分词）
He has scaled the heights of his profession. 他登上了他事业的顶峰。
