学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3162 barometer

今天我们要学的词是 barometer¹。

Barometer的意思是气压表、晴雨表，When a hurricane hits, 'Waffle House' becomes a barometer，当飓风来袭时，华夫饼屋就成了晴雨表。什么意思呢？就是这家餐饮店是否开门显示了飓风的严重程度。Democrats² have already captured several races this year that were seen as barometers³ of the electorate⁴, and the party is confident that enthusiasm will carry on，民主党人今年已经赢得了几个被视为选民晴雨表的地方选举，他们相信这股热情将持续下去。

1 barometer   

n.气压表，睛雨表，反应指标

参考例句：

• The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
• The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 barometers   

气压计，晴雨表( barometer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Fixed cistern barometers are used as a standard for checking aneroid barometers. 固定槽式气压计可以作为标准件去检验无液气压计。
• Fixed cistern barometers are used as a standard for checking. 固定槽式气压计可以作为标准件去检验。

4 electorate   

n.全体选民；选区

参考例句：

• The government was responsible to the electorate.政府对全体选民负责。
• He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.他得到了几乎1/4选民的支持。