{ } n. [ Alcohol + -meter. ] (Chem.) An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale. [ 1913 Webster ]
[柯南・道尔 / 柯南・道爾, Kē nán· Dào ěrㄎㄜ ㄋㄢˊ· ㄉㄠˋ ㄦˇ] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯, See Also: 歇洛克, 福爾摩斯, 福尔摩斯