This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about " gauge" and " yardstick."

本周《名师答疑》，将回答关于“测量”和“尺”的问题。

Calling something a " yardstick" is to say it is a standard by which to judge something: The teachers used the test results as a yardstick for how much their students learned this year.

把某事物“尺”，意思是说，它是评判事情的标准：老师用考试成来衡量学生今年学到了多少东西。

Now let's move onto " gauge." Like " yardstick, " a " gauge" involves measurement.

现在看看gauge。像“尺”一样，gauge也涉及测量。

Dexterously, he whipped out his yard measure, and proceeded, quite solemnly, to measure an overcoat hanging in the hall from the collar to the hem.

。 他灵巧地抽出他的尺， 非常严肃地开始测量大厅里挂着的一件大衣， 从衣领到下摆。

Or how you went into my sewing kit for my measuring tape.

或者你翻的针线盒找尺。