•The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.防空洞有厚达三米的混凝土墙。

•a 15-metre yacht15米长的游艇

•She won the 100 metres (= a race run over this distance) at the Olympics.她获得了奥运会100米短跑冠军。

•He is 1m 75 tall.他身高1.75米。

•The price of water rose to 48p per cubic metre (= a unit of volume equal to 1000 litres).水价上涨到每立方米48便士。

•The room is six metres square.这个房间面积为六平方米。

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•He composes poems in a classical style and in strict metre.他秉承古典风格并按严格的韵律作诗。

•Many hymns have a firm, regular metre.许多教堂圣歌有严格而规则的韵律。