Word
odometers
里程表
odometers is the plural of odometer.
an instrument in a vehicle that measures the distance traveled
- 1.
An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.
通常嵌入车辆车速表中的仪器,用于测量车辆自生产以来行驶的距离。
- 2.
a meter that shows mileage traversed
里程表
- 3.
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.
测量员使用的轮子,用于记录行进的距离。
通常嵌入车辆车速表中的仪器,用于测量车辆自生产以来行驶的距离。；测量员使用的轮子,用于记录行进的距离。
In use
Before returning the rental car, I checked the odometer to note the exact mileage.
The mechanic said the car's odometer reading seemed too low for its age.
My old car's odometer turned over 100,000 miles on the highway yesterday.
the odometer reads/shows [number]
read 在这里表示“显示（读数）”，主语是里程表而不是人。
The odometer reads 35,000 miles.
里程表显示35,000英里。
have [number] on the odometer
谈论车辆累计行驶里程时，常用 have + 数字 + on the odometer。
The car has 100,000 miles on the odometer.
这辆车的里程表显示10万英里。
the odometer on [vehicle]
用 on 来点明里程表安装在哪个车辆上。
Connections
Collocations
- odometer reading
- 里程表读数
- The odometer reading showed 120,000 miles.里程表读数显示12万英里。
- check the odometer
- 查看里程表
- Before buying the car, she checked the odometer.买车前，她查看了里程表。
- digital odometer
- 数字里程表
- This car has a digital odometer.这辆车有数字里程表。
- tamper with the odometer
- 篡改里程表
- It is illegal to tamper with the odometer.篡改里程表是违法的。
- trip odometer
- 单次行程里程表
- He reset the trip odometer before the road trip.公路旅行前，他重置了单次行程里程表。
- odometer rollback
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象仪表盘上“odo”里的两个o像车轮，中间的d像车轴，车跑多远它就数多远，记住这就是里程表。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：vehicle dashboard、used car purchase、rental car inspection odometer 为中性词，日常和书面场合均可用，多用于讨论车辆行驶里程时，如购车、租车或车辆检查。
Pronunciation & Spelling
odometer 的重读部分 /ɑmətər/ 与 speedometer、pedometer、thermometer、barometer 以及多数美国人读的 kilometer 押韵；这些词都以“ometer”结尾。注意单独的 meter 读作 /ˈmiːtər/，其长音 /iː/ 与 /ɑ/ 不同，拼写相似但不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.