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Related topics: Tools, Hospitalcal·li·pers British English, calipers American English /ˈkæləpəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural] 1. TZa tool used for measuring thickness, or the distance between two surfaces, or the diameter (=inside width) of something 测径规；卡钳；卡尺；两脚规2. British EnglishMH metal bars that someone wears on their legs to help them walk 〔装在双腿上帮助行走的〕双脚规形夹 SYN American English braceExamples from the Corpuscallipers• When he made it big, in the mid-Seventies, Dury was a 35-year-old former art college lecturer in callipers.• Today he can draw it with callipers.cal·li·pers nounChineseSyllable a or tool for Corpus measuring used thickness, |