• adj. 公制的；米制的；公尺的
• n. 度量標準

來自metre,米，公制。

metric (adj.)

"pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter," 1855, from French métrique, from mèter (see meter (n.2)). In this sense, metrical is attested from 1797.

metric (n.)

"science of versification," 1760, from Greek he metrike "prosody," plural of metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion" (see meter (n.2)).

1. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.

《華爾街日報》每年用去22萬公噸新聞紙。

來自柯林斯例句

2. We are gradually changing over to a completely metric system.

我們正逐漸過渡到完全使用公制。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.

1986年海關截獲了27.2公噸的可卡因。

來自柯林斯例句

4. the metric system of measurement

公制度量衡

來自《權威詞典》

5. In the metric system, measurements are made in metres and liters.

在公制中, 用米和升作計量單位.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》