Word
pedometer
计步器；步数计
an instrument for recording the number of steps taken when walking
- 1.
A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
计步器；测量步数并估算行走距离的设备。
- 2.
measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
记录步行步数的测量仪器
计步器；测量步数并估算行走距离的设备。；记录步行步数的测量仪器；步数计；步程计；[医] 婴儿测量器; 步数计
In use
I wear a pedometer on my belt to count how many steps I take each day.
At the end of the walk, she checked her pedometer and saw that she had walked more than ten thousand steps.
He bought a simple pedometer to motivate himself to exercise more.
a pedometer is a device that + verb
这个句型常用来解释计步器是什么。
A pedometer is a device that records the number of steps you walk.
计步器是一种记录你行走步数的设备。
pedometers are used to + verb
被动语态 be used to do 表示“被用来做某事”。
Pedometers are used to track the number of steps you take.
计步器用于记录你走的步数。
one's + pedometer + shows/records + (that) + clause
Connections
Collocations
- wear a pedometer
- 佩戴计步器
- She wears a pedometer every day to track her steps.她每天佩戴计步器来记录步数。
- pedometer reading
- 计步器读数
- His pedometer reading showed that he had walked ten thousand steps.他的计步器读数显示他走了一万步。
- digital pedometer
- 电子计步器
- A digital pedometer can store your daily step counts.电子计步器可以储存你每天的步数。
- track steps with a pedometer
- 用计步器记录步数
- I track my steps with a pedometer during my morning run.我晨跑时用计步器记录步数。
- pedometer app
- 计步器应用
- This pedometer app is free and easy to use.这款计步器应用免费且易于使用。
- pedometer data
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把ped联想成脚（像pedal踏板），ometer联想成测量器，脚测量步数，就是计步器。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常步行与健身、健康监测 该词为中性词，日常和较正式场合都可用；多用于健身、健康监测等场景，通常指随身携带的计步设备。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 pedometer 押韵（英式读音，重读元音 /ɒ/ 后接 /mɪtə/）的有 odometer、thermometer、barometer、speedometer。注意 diameter 和 perimeter 拼写也以 -meter 结尾，但重读元音分别为 /æ/ 和 /ɪ/，发音不同。
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.