Fahrenheit + noun
Fahrenheit 作形容词时通常大写,放在 scale、thermometer 等名词前。
Many Americans are familiar with the Fahrenheit scale.
许多美国人都熟悉华氏温标。
华伦海特
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华伦海特
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the temperature scale that bears his name (1686–1736).
Many Americans are familiar with the Fahrenheit scale.
许多美国人都熟悉华氏温标。
指德国物理学家丹尼尔·加布里埃尔·华伦海特,而非温度单位。
德国物理学家,发明了水银温度计并制定了以他名字命名的温度刻度(1686-1736)
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
The weather forecast says it will be 90 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow.
天气预报说明天气温将达到华氏90度。
Our kitchen has an old Fahrenheit thermometer hanging on the wall.
我们厨房的墙上挂着一支老式华氏温度计。
The app can display the temperature readings on the Fahrenheit scale.
这款应用可以用华氏温标显示温度读数。
Fahrenheit 作形容词时通常大写,放在 scale、thermometer 等名词前。
Many Americans are familiar with the Fahrenheit scale.
许多美国人都熟悉华氏温标。
表示具体温度数值时,用“数字 + degrees Fahrenheit”,Fahrenheit 首字母大写。
The temperature outside is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
外面的气温是68华氏度。
in Fahrenheit 表示“用华氏温标”,常跟在 measure、read、display 等动词后。
The oven settings are marked in Fahrenheit only.
烤箱的设置只用华氏度标示。
Not this
The fahrenheit scale is used in the United States.
Use this
The Fahrenheit scale is used in the United States.
Fahrenheit 源自人名,是专有形容词,任何情况下都应首字母大写;小写 fahrenheit 不符合英语书写规范。
Not this
It is 30 fahrenheit degrees today.
Use this
It is 30 degrees Fahrenheit today.
英语温度单位要说 degrees Fahrenheit,即数字后先接 degrees 再接 Fahrenheit;不能说 Fahrenheit degrees,这是受中文‘华氏度’语序影响而产生的错误。
Not this
The Fahrenheit in Shanghai is 86.
Use this
The temperature in Shanghai is 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit 作名词表示华氏温标或华氏温度计,不能直接指某一温度数值;表达具体温度应使用 the temperature 加上具体数字和 degrees Fahrenheit。
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华氏度
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
水在32华氏度结冰。
华氏温标
Most countries do not use the Fahrenheit scale.
大多数国家不使用华氏温标。
华氏温度
The Fahrenheit temperature in the room was 75 degrees.
房间里的华氏温度是75度。
用华氏度
The thermometer shows the temperature in Fahrenheit.
这支温度计用华氏度显示温度。
华氏温度计
A Fahrenheit thermometer has 180 degrees between freezing and boiling.
华氏温度计在冰点和沸点之间有180度。
华氏和摄氏
The scale on the gauge lists Fahrenheit and Celsius.
仪表上的刻度同时标有华氏和摄氏。
华氏451度是书页着火燃烧的温度。
Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 gets its title from this temperature.
雷·布拉德伯里的小说《华氏451度》就以此温度命名。
Use Fahrenheit naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
看到 F 联想 fever(发烧):华氏温标常用于体温,记 F 开头就是 Fahrenheit(华氏)。
语域:neutral 常见场景:weather forecasts、cooking instructions、science and technical texts Fahrenheit 指华氏温标,通常与温度、天气和烹饪等语境相关;属于中性词,在正式资料和日常口语中都比较常见。常与 degrees 搭配,如 68 degrees Fahrenheit。
All listed words rhyme with the final stressed syllable /haɪt/ of Fahrenheit (height, night, right, white, site, sleight). The -heit spelling in Fahrenheit is pronounced /haɪt/, exactly like height. Beware lookalikes heist (/haɪst/) and feint (/feɪnt/), which share -ei- but do not end in /aɪt/; heir (/ɛr/) has hei- but sounds completely different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.