slide rule

英 [ˈslaɪd ruːl]

美 [ˈslaɪd ruːl]

n.  计算尺; 滑尺

计算机

牛津词典

noun

• 计算尺；滑尺
  a long narrow instrument like a ruler, with a middle part that slides backwards and forwards, used for calculating numbers

柯林斯词典

• 计算尺;滑尺
  Aslide ruleis an instrument that you use for calculating numbers. It looks like a ruler and has a middle part that slides backwards and forwards.

英英释义

noun

• analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations
  Synonym:slipstick

双语例句

• "If I'm not Number One Under Heaven, then I'm at least Number Two." A simple example of the first type is the slide rule, which mathematicians and scientists have been using for generations.
  老子就是不算天下第一，也算天下第二。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。
• The calculation and converting of the formula for punching density of needle punching nonwovens and the usage of the slide rule are introduced, to be favourable for producers to use.
  介绍了针刺法非织造有针刺密度的计算公式及其变换，以及计算尺的使用，以利于生产者方便应用。
• Circular slide rule for intensity of solar radiation and buildings sunshine
  太阳辐射强度和建筑日照计算盘的构造原理及应用
• The symbol of the test-pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, where Armstrong spent years testing military jets, is a slide rule over a stylised fighter jet.
  在莫哈维沙漠的爱德华空军基地，那里的试飞员学校的标志是一个计算尺在程式化的战斗机上面，也就是在那里阿姆斯特朗用好几年时间测试军用。
• Veteran readers may remember these, but, like my slide rule, they have become almost obsolete.
  有经验的读者可能记得这些，但是，像我的计算尺，它们已经变得几乎过时了。
• Over a period of only a few years, the slide rule gave place to the electronic calculator. In these days of electronic calculators, the slide rule is out of date as a mathematical aid.
  只经过了这么几年，计算尺就被电子计算器所代替了。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。
• A Special Slide Rule for Drawing Axonometric Projections
  绘制正轴测投影图的专用计算尺的研制
• A pianist might play most of the ivories on the keyboard, but rarely did any engineer use all the scales on his ( almost never her) slide rule.
  钢琴家或许会弹到键盘上大部份琴键，但工程师则极少完全用到计算尺上的全部刻度。
• Before the 1970s the slide rule, or slipstick, was as common as the typewriter or the mimeograph machine.
  1970年代之前，计算尺跟打字机和油印机一样，随处可见。
• You've got to learn to use a slide rule.
  你要学会使用计算尺。