metric system

名词 metric system:

1. a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

1. The introduction of the metric system in Britain is being phased.
   英国引进米制度量衡制度的工作正在分阶段进行。
2. Most countries adopt metric system.
   大多数国家采用米制。
3. Britain changed to a metric system of currency in 1970.
   1970年英国已改用公制货币。