slide rule

slide rule

美 　英

• n.计算尺；滑尺
• 网络计算功能；数学或飞机油量计算功能；滑动尺

词形变化

复数：slide rules  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.

1. 计算尺

英英解释

n.	1. a simple piece of equipment like a ruler with a piece in the middle that slides along, used for calculating

例句

This would be fine if it were a genuine invitation to whip out one's slide rule.

如果对方是真心请你拿出计算尺来丈量一番，这样说完全没有问题。

Just as the HP-35 calculator replaced the manual slide rule forever, inkjet technology spelled the end for the noisy dot-matrix printer.

如同HP-35计算器彻底代替了手工计算尺，喷墨打印技术终结了吵闹的点阵列打印机。

A simple example of the first type is the slide rule, which mathematicians and scientists have been using for generations .

好几代数学家和科学家沿用的计算尺就是第一类中的简单例子。

he enjoyed measuring , sawing , building , explaining the operation of the slide rule to us , working out fraction problems.

他喜欢测量、切割、建造、给我们讲解计算尺的操作、计算分数问题。

In these days of electronic calculators, the slide rule is out of date as a mathematical aid.

在使用电子计算器的当代，作为数学辅助特的计算尺已经过时了。

Inscribed with a dozen or more function scales, the slide rule symbolized the mysteries of arcane science.

计算尺上刻著十几种函数刻度，宛如科学奥秘的化身。

One handy example of how classroom practices can change is the replacement of the slide rule by the pocket calculator.

能够怎样改革课堂实习的一个简便的事例是用袖珍计算器代替计算尺。

William Oughtred, English mathematician who invented the slide rule in 1622, died at Albury in Surrey.

1622年发明计算尺的英国数学家威廉·奥特雷德在萨里郡奥尔伯里逝世。