电表 meaning in English
1.(电气仪表) any meter for measuring electricity (electric meter; ammeter; voltmeter, etc.)
2.(瓦特小时计) kilo-watt-hour meter; electricity meter
◇电表等级 grade of a meter; 电表计费率 meter-rate
Examples
- The electric meter had the seal broken and was put in the way it is now .
电表的封印打开了，表就象现在这样放着。 - An even more ingenious power thief had penetrated the heart of his electric meter .
一个更加巧妙的偷电贼把他的电表的中心给穿通了。 - He realized that it must be the man from the electricity board who had come to read the meter .
他意识到一定是电力局的人来抄电表。 - The customer left his "private" meter in place for a portion of each billing period .
用户在每一个收费期的部分时间里换上他的“私人”电表。 - From then on, as electricity was consumed, the meter would either reverse itself or stop entirely .
从那时起，用电时电表不是倒转就是完全停转。