资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Measuring \Meas"ur*ing\, a.
   Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or
   dividing by measure.

   {Measuring faucet}, a faucet which permits only a given
      quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one
      by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
      

   {Measuring worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any geometrid moth.
      See {Geometrid}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

measuring worm
     n : small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and
         rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family
         Geometridae [syn: {inchworm}, {looper}]