n.规模，等级; 标度; 秤; 比例尺; 音阶; 鳞片; 水垢; 牙石
v.攀登; 去鳞片; 刮除牙石; 改变…的大小

n.(名词)

刻度，尺度，标度
等级，级别， 等级体系
规模
磅秤，天平（盘）
鳞（片）
范围
音阶
程度
水垢，水锈
牙垢，牙石
v.(动词)

攀登， 到达…顶点
去鳞，刮去...的鳞片
刮除牙石
改变…的大小
减少（数量），缩小
增大，扩大
按重量把...分成均等部分
重
剥去...的介壳
用缩尺绘制
按比例排列
依比例决定
剥落
用梯子爬上
爬越
变成梯子，成梯形
逐步攀登，逐渐增高，逐步升高
用秤称，把...过秤，称…的重量
调节
安排
测量，量材积，估量，衡量

scale水垢，牙石，秤，天平，鳞片
来自古诺斯语 skel,贝壳，skal,碗，饮水容器，来自 Proto-Germanic*skaela,分开，劈开，来自 PIE*skel,砍，切，分开，词源同 shell,scallop.由贝壳引申词义碗，饮水器具，由贝壳的钙化 性质引申词义水垢，牙石，由碗，饮水容器引申词义秤，天平，即秤的原型，由该印欧语的 词根义引申词义鱼鳞，鳞片等。
scale梯子，攀登，攀爬，规模，范围，程度，等级，比例
来自拉丁语 scala,梯子，来自（缩写自）scandere,攀爬，攀登，来自 PIE*skand,爬，上升， 词源同 scan,ascend,descend.字母 d 脱落，类似拼写比较 rule,regulate.引申词义规模，范围， 程度，等级，比例等。

chromatic scale → 半音阶；半音音阶
pentatonic scale → 五声调式；五声音阶；五声响阶；五音音阶
economies of scale → 规模经济；规模效益；规模经济效益；范围经济
Fujita scale → 藤田级数；龙卷风等级
Rankine scale → 兰金温标；兰氏温标；氏温标；朗肯温标
Kinsey scale → 金赛量表；金量表
Scoville scale → 史高维尔指标；史高维尔辣度单位；史高指
weighing scale → 计重秤；磅秤；体重秤；电子秤
time scale → 时标；时间比例

1. The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten.
[汉]患者按十分制给这些治疗方法打分。
——来自柯林斯例句
2. The scale of migration took a quantum leap in the early 1970s.
[汉]20世纪70年代初，移民的规模骤然扩大。
——来自柯林斯例句
3. Car firms are desperate to achieve economies of scale.
[汉]汽车厂商拼命想要实现规模经济。
——来自柯林斯例句
4. A full-scale debate is under way on what ails the industry.
[汉]关于工业为何陷入困境正在展开一场全面的讨论。
——来自柯林斯例句
5. You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place.
[汉]看到此处气势如此恢宏，你可能会觉得自己很渺小。
——来自柯林斯例句

【Noun】

1. an ordered reference standard;
"judging on a scale of 1 to 10"
2. relative magnitude;
"they entertained on a grand scale"
3. the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it;
"the scale of the map"
"the scale of the model"
4. an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
5. a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
6. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
7. (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
8. a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
9. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
10. a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
【Verb】

1. measure by or as if by a scale;
"This bike scales only 25 pounds"
2. pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
3. take by attacking with scaling ladders;
"The troops scaled the walls of the fort"
4. reach the highest point of;
"We scaled the Mont Blanc"
5. climb up by means of a ladder
6. remove the scales from;
"scale fish"
7. measure with or as if with scales;
"scale the gold"
8. size or measure according to a scale;
"This model must be scaled down"