scale/'skeɪl/

n.

➊ [~s] a device for weighing things or people

➋ the relative size or extent of sth

n.

➊〈英〉[~s] [P] 天平；（磅）秤：a set of bathroom scales 一台浴室秤

➋ [S; U] 规模；程度：The medicine has been produced on a large scale. 这种药已经大规模生产。

◇[scale of sth] the scale of the problem 问题的严重程度

音组-ale/-eɪl/

gale; male; pale; sale; scale; tale; whale

用法表示“秤”时，美语常用作可数名词，如：a scale 一台秤。