英语单词“millimeter”的意思是毫米,读音为:英 [ˌmɪlɪˈmiːtə(r)] 美 [ˌmɪləˈmitər]。例句如下:
1. She held out her hand, palm up, revealing a network of fine blue lines. “I have 5 centimeters of freckles on my left hand, from my knuckles to my wrist.” “她的手摊开,手掌向上,露出一圈圈蓝色的细纹。‘我左手的手腕上,从指节到手腕,有5厘米长的小雀斑。’”
2. “You see, a millimeter is a very small unit of measurement.” “你们瞧,毫米是一种很小的测量单位。”
3. The meter is the standard unit of length in the United States, but the millimeter is still commonly used. 米是美国的标准长度单位,但是毫米仍然被广泛使用。
4. The plane was just a few centimeters from hitting the other plane. 那架飞机距离另一架飞机仅仅几厘米之遥。
5. He could easily read the lines on the meter while his father stood behind him, glaring down at him with undisguised disappointment. 他的父亲站在他身后,毫不掩饰地对他投以失望的目光,但他依然可以轻松地看懂那些读数。
6. The needle on the meter jumped as he accelerated. 他加速时,仪表盘上的指针一下子跳了起来。
7. The gap between the two cars was only a few millimeters. 两辆车之间的距离只有几毫米。
8. The doctor measured my height and weight and then told me my height in millimeters. 医生给我量了身高和体重,然后告诉我身高是多少毫米。
9. He knew he had been very close to disaster, but was also very pleased that he had managed to keep the accident to a minimum by using only a few millimeters of room between his car and the one in front of him. 他知道自己非常接近灾难,但也很庆幸自己巧妙地避开了危险。只使用了前后车之间的几毫米的空间避免了事故的发生。
10. Every object around you will seem at least half a centimeter larger if you wear thick-soled shoes while hiking and wearing clothes with greater material volume than usual like hooded sweatshirts. When I meticulously watched this tiny spider unleash itself and creep along a millimeter-wide string hanging from its web, I realized that I had to make up for my diminished visual acuity with extra care. 当你穿厚底鞋徒步旅行时,衣服的体积也比平时大得多,比如带帽子的运动衫,周围的物体看起来至少会比实际大半厘米。当我仔细观察这只小蜘蛛从网上的一根一毫米宽的细线上爬行时,我意识到我必须加倍小心才能弥补视力上的缺陷。