n.

1. 标准尺寸，标准规格[U][C]
   The amount of money one makes is not the only gauge of one's success.

   挣钱的多少不是衡量一个人成功的唯一标准。

2. 测量仪器；规，表，计[C]
   My car's gas gauge indicated that there was little gas left.

   我车上的汽油表显示剩下的油不多了。

3. 大小，程度；范围；容量[U]
   This has gone beyond the gauge of her tolerance.

   这已超出她的忍受范围。

4. 估计（或判断）方法[C]
5. （枪管）的口径；（铁道的）轨距[U][C]
   A 12-gauge shotgun was found at the crime scene.

   在犯罪现场发现了一支十二口径的猎枪。

6. （金属板等的）厚度；（钢丝等的）直径[U][C]

vt.

1. 量，测
2. 估计，判断
   The servant tried to gauge his master's mood.

   那个仆人想揣测他主人的心思。

3. 给……定规格

n.

1. an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
2. the thickness, size, or capacity of a wire, sheet, tube, bullet, etc., especially as a standard measure.
3. the distance between the rails of a line of railway track.
4. Nautical,  archaic the position of a sailing vessel to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another.

v.

1. estimate or determine the amount or level of.
   ▸judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.).
2. measure the dimensions of with a gauge.
   ▸ [as adj. gauged] made in standard dimensions.