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caliber
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
caliber (US) noun
plural calibers
caliber (US)
noun
plural calibers
Learner's definition of CALIBER
1
[noncount] : level of excellence, skill, etc.程度；水准
- The school will only hire teachers of the highest caliber. [=will only hire the best teachers]这所学校将只聘用最优秀的教师。
- I was impressed by the high caliber of the team's work.这个团队高水准的工作给我留下了深刻印象。
- It is exciting to meet a writer of his caliber. [=a writer as good/skillful as he is]遇到这样一位有才干的作家真是令人兴奋。
- The two colleges are not of the same caliber. [=one of the colleges is better than the other]这两所大学不属于同一水准。
2
[count] : a measurement of the width of a bullet or a gun barrel（子弹的）弹径，直径；（枪筒、炮筒的）口径，内径
- a .22-caliber bullet [=a bullet that is 22 hundredths of an inch in diameter]*0.22（英寸）直径的子弹
- a high-caliber bullet大弹径子弹
caliber
noun
cal·i·ber ˈka-lə-bər 
British also kə-ˈlē-
variants or calibre
Example Sentences
I was impressed by the high caliber of the team's work. musicians of the highest caliber perform at that concert hall
Recent Examples on the Web In addition to the 9mm rounds found on scene, investigators found .40 caliber casings. 
Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022 For the first time under Sarkisian, the Longhorns arose to the challenge and seemed capable of standing tall against an opponent of Alabama's caliber, even if with a little assistance from the Tide's atypical sloppiness. Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022 The defense got after it, attacking on the defensive line, and in the secondary limiting All-American caliber tight end Michael Mayer to 32 receiving yards. Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 The case is 41 mm and the movement is the automatic caliber 4401, Audemars Piguet’s integrated flyback chronograph, which debuted in the Royal Oak collection last year. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022 The gun was the same brand, color and caliber of the gun used in the shooting. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver, could not be fired without someone pulling the trigger, ABC News reported Friday. al, 14 Aug. 2022 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver -- could not have fired without the trigger being pulled, the FBI report shows. ABC News, 13 Aug. 2022 Police continue to discover dozens of bullet casings at crime scenes, often ejected from different-caliber guns, suggesting multiple shooters. oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2022 See More
Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022 For the first time under Sarkisian, the Longhorns arose to the challenge and seemed capable of standing tall against an opponent of Alabama's caliber, even if with a little assistance from the Tide's atypical sloppiness. Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022 The defense got after it, attacking on the defensive line, and in the secondary limiting All-American caliber tight end Michael Mayer to 32 receiving yards. Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 The case is 41 mm and the movement is the automatic caliber 4401, Audemars Piguet’s integrated flyback chronograph, which debuted in the Royal Oak collection last year. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022 The gun was the same brand, color and caliber of the gun used in the shooting. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver, could not be fired without someone pulling the trigger, ABC News reported Friday. al, 14 Aug. 2022 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver -- could not have fired without the trigger being pulled, the FBI report shows. ABC News, 13 Aug. 2022 Police continue to discover dozens of bullet casings at crime scenes, often ejected from different-caliber guns, suggesting multiple shooters. oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French calibre "internal diameter of a cylindrical object, displacement of a gun," borrowed (by uncertain mediation) from Arabic qālab, qālib "mold for casting metal, shoemaker's last," borrowed from Greek kalapod-, kalápous, kalópous "shoemaker's last," from kâla (plural) "wood, timber" (of uncertain origin) + -a- (perhaps after tetrápous "four-footed") or -o- -o- + poús "foot" — more at foot entry 1
First Known Use
1588, in the meaning defined at sense 2b
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