meter

🇬🇧/ˈmiːtə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈmiːtər/📚 3050 90 2
A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used.

noun [具体名词]计量器,仪,表;停车收费器;<美>米;<美>(诗歌的)韵律,格律

He was there to read the electricity meter.
他在那儿读电表。

verb [vt. 及物动词]用仪表计量(测量),通过计量器计(价)

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.
用表测量

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