n.[C]

1. 氣壓計；晴雨表
   The barometer falls.

   氣壓下降了。（或：天要下雨了。）

2. 【喻】晴雨表，顯示變化的事物
   The stock market is a barometer of business.

   股票市場是商業的晴雨表。

n.

1. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
2. an indicator of change:
   furniture is a barometer of changing tastes.

[名]

1. ①尺度；尺子。
2. ②氣壓計。