meters
A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used.
He was there to read the electricity meter.
他在那儿读电表。
Light in the ocean can be measured by light meters.
海洋中的光线可由曝光表来测量。
The meter shows the amount of carbon dioxide released in the emissions.
该表显示出废气中二氧化碳的排放量。
meters , metering , metered
To meter something such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay.
Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water.
这些用户中只有1/3认为用水表计量是合理的。