This expression comes from using body parts as units of measure.

这个短语来源于用身体部位作为衡量的单位。

Back in Rome, they used a unit of measure called the Mille Passuums, which literally just means a thousand paces in Latin.

在罗马时期，他们使用了一种称为 Mille Passuums 的度量单位，从字面上看，意思就是拉丁语中的一千步。

An acre is a unit of measuring land.

英亩是土地的计量单位。

Today, we learned about two of the most important units of measure in chemistry, atomic mass units and moles.

今天，我们了解了化学中两个最重要的计量单位， 原子质量单位和摩尔。

The basic unit of measure in the solar system is the Astronomical Unit, or AU, representing the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

太阳系里的基本计量单位是天文单位（AU），代表太阳和地球之间的平均距离。

A " car length" is not a standardized unit of measure.

" 车身长" 不是个标准化的度量单位。

Where he saw sequence, other men saw something quite different, and no one saw the same unit of measure.

在他看到序列的地方， 其他人看到了完全不同的东西， 没有人看到相同的度量单位。

She has no doubts in her mind that there is a lower unit of measure for the trials and troubles of the " lower classes" .

她心中毫不怀疑， 对于“下层阶级” 的磨难和烦恼， 有一个更低的衡量单位。

It doesn't matter what the unit of measure is, if you're putting a number before it, and the number plus the measure describe the noun, make sure you have your hyphen.

度量单位是什么并不重要，如果你在它前面放一个数字， 并且数字加上度量描述名词， 确保你有你的连字符。

So he spent the next few years collecting, drying and powdering willow into a form that could be used to treat ague, eventually settling on a dosage of two scruples — which is a real unit of measure!

因此，他在接下来的几年里收集、干燥柳树，并将其磨成粉末，制成可以用来治疗瘟疫的形式，最终确定了两个 scruples 的剂量——这是一个计量单位！

In 1960, the General Conference on Weights and Measures honored Tesla's memory by deciding to use his last name – Tesla – as a unit of measure for the strength of a magnetic field.

1960 年，国际计量大会为了纪念特斯拉， 决定使用他的姓氏——特斯拉——作为磁场强度的度量单位。