thermometer: [17] Greek thérmē meant ‘heat’ (it came from prehistoric Indo-European *ghwerm-, *ghworm-, which probably also produced English warm). From it was formed French thermomètre (first recorded in 1624), which was borrowed into English in the early 1630s. The same source produced English therm [19] and thermal [18]; and thermos (from the related Greek thermós ‘hot’) was registered as a trademark for a vacuum flask in 1907. => warm
1630s, from French thermomètre (1620s), coined by Jesuit Father Jean Leuréchon from Greek thermos "hot" (see thermal) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)). An earlier, Latinate form was thermoscopium (1610s). The earliest such device was Galileo's air-thermometer, invented c. 1597. The typical modern version, with mercury in glass, was invented by Fahrenheit in 1714. Related: Thermometric; thermometrical.
双语例句
1. The nurse shook the thermometer and put it under my armpit.
护士把体温计甩了甩，然后放到了我的腋下。
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2. It is essential that you are able to read a thermometer.
最基本的是要能看懂温度计。
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3. The thermometer shows the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
这支温度计标有摄氏和华氏两种温度。
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4. The thermometer nudged three figures yesterday in Rome.
