scale怎么读：英式读音为[skeɪl]，美式读音为[skeɪl]。scale可作名词和及物动词，含义为“规模”、“范围”、“级别”、“比例”、“水垢”、“攀登”、“到达…顶点”、“改变…的大小”。

scale可作名词和及物动词两种词性，基本含义为规模;(尤指与其他事物相比较时的)范围;程度;等级;级别;等级体系;标度;秤;比例;音阶;鳞;水垢;牙垢；攀登;到达…顶点;去鳞;刮除牙石;改变…的大小。例句有：

1、Here was corruption on a grand scale .

这里的腐败现象曾十分严重。

2、It was impossible to comprehend the full scale of the disaster.

这场灾难的深重程度是无法充分认识的。

3、At the other end of the scale , life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.

对于处在社会最底层的人来说，生活就是为吃饱肚子而不断挣扎的过程。

4、How much does it read on the scale?

刻度显示的是多少？

5、Both plans are drawn to the same scale.

两张平面图是按同一比例绘制的。

6、He has scaled the heights of his profession.

他登上了他事业的顶峰。

7、The dentist scaled and polished my teeth.

牙医为我刮除牙石，抛光了牙齿。

8、Text can be scaled from 4 points to 108 points without any loss of quality.

正文可以从4点变到108点，但印刷质量丝毫不会降低。

9、However, he underestimates the scale of the problem...

然而，他低估了问题的严重性。

10、Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house.

富兰克林为他的母亲制作了一个复杂精细的房屋模型。

11、In 1981, five members of a climbing party died while scaling Mount Hood.

1981 年，一支登山队的5名队员在攀登胡德峰时遇难。

12、The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building.

那座塔的顶部矗立着一尊巨型雕像，与整个建筑完全不成比例。