calibre: [16] Calibre, and the related calliper, are of Arabic origin. They come ultimately from Arabic qālib ‘shoemaker’s last, mould’ (there is some dispute over the source of this: some etymologists simply derive it from the Arabic verb qalaba ‘turn, convert’, while others trace it back to Greek kalapoús, literally ‘wooden foot’, a compound formed from kalon ‘wood’, originally ‘firewood’, a derivative of kaiein ‘burn’, and poús ‘foot’).
English acquired the Arabic word via Italian calibro and French calibre. The original Western meaning, ‘diameter of a bullet, cannon-ball, etc’, derives from the Arabic sense ‘mould for casting metal’. Calliper [16], which originally meant ‘instrument for measuring diameters’, is generally taken to be an alteration of calibre. => calliper
calibre (n.)
chiefly British English spelling of caliber (q.v.); for spelling, see -re.
雙語例句
1. The calibre of teaching was very high.
教學質量很高。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His team were of the highest calibre.
他的團隊水平一流。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job.
求職人員出色的能力給他留下了深刻印象。
來自《權威詞典》
4. DRC and LVS verification method are introduced which based on Calibre.
介紹基于Calibre工具的DRC和LVS驗證方法.
來自互聯網
5. It became apparent that we could never get the calibre of people we wanted.