gauge
英検準1級測る・評価する・計器
意味
- (銃砲の口径・鉄板の厚さなどの)標準寸法(規格)
- 計器
- (評価・判断の)方法,基準
- (レールの)軌道
- (銃砲の)口径
- (特に,計器を用いて)…を測る
- …を評価する
例文
For instance, gauges, such as thermometers and barometers, are instruments.
例えば、温度計や気圧計などの計器は器具です。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.