grade /ˈgred/
 等級,年級,成績,程度,坡度,斜坡(vt.)分等,分級,評分(vi.)屬於某等級


 grade /ˈgred/ 名詞
 等級,級別,階段,程度,年級,品級,(坡)度,級,分級度


 grade
 級 等級


 Grade n.
 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
 They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure,
 teachers of every grade.   --Buckle.
 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.
 3. Stock Breeding The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade.
 At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing.
 Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
 Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
 Equating for grades. See under Equate.
 Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.


 Grade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.]
 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.
 2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
 3. Stock Breeding To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

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 grade
      n 1: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning
           classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form]
      2: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group;
         "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: level, tier]
      3: the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road
         had a steep grade"
      4: one-hundredth of a right angle [syn: grad]
      5: a degree of ablaut [syn: gradation]
      6: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a
         student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra";
         "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
         [syn: mark, score]
      7: the height of the ground on which something stands; "the
         base of the tower was below grade" [syn: ground level]
      8: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a
         moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is
         required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree,
         level]
      9: a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a
         superior breed
      v 1: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
           students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food
           guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, place]
      2: level to the right gradient
      3: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;
         "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
         [syn: score, mark]
      4: determine the grade of or assign a grade to