Barometer

barometer







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n. (名詞 noun)[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。





　His relationship with his son grows more complicated, and an extended sequence with a man who claims to be his long-lost brother acts as a barometer for the character's emotional decline.