"pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter," 1855, from French métrique, from mèter (see meter (n.2)). In this sense, metrical is attested from 1797.
metric (n.)
"science of versification," 1760, from Greek he metrike "prosody," plural of metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion" (see meter (n.2)).
雙語例句
1. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.
《華爾街日報》每年用去22萬公噸新聞紙。
來自柯林斯例句
2. We are gradually changing over to a completely metric system.
我們正逐漸過渡到完全使用公制。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.
1986年海關截獲了27.2公噸的可卡因。
來自柯林斯例句
4. the metric system of measurement
公制度量衡
來自《權威詞典》
5. In the metric system, measurements are made in metres and liters.