standard units.

Could you measure the height of the wall for me?

The rainfalll was measured over a three-month period 对三个月的降雨量进行了测量。

The house is more than 20 meters long and measures six meters in width.

【拓展】

A. measure sb for sth

She was being measured for her wedding dress. 正在给她量尺寸做结婚礼服。

B. measure sth by sth

Education shouldn't be measured purely by examination results.(教育不应该纯粹用考试成绩来衡量)

C. measure n. take measures 采取措施

The government warned that the police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble.

政府警告说，警方将采取更为严厉的措施来制止这场纷争。

3.chat

noun an informal conversation 随意交谈；闲谈

We had a chat about the old days.

He dropped in for a chat. (他顺道来访，闲谈了一番。)

verb (chatted, chatting) [no obj.]talk in a friendly and informal way 闲聊

[搭配]介词

1)chat away (talk in a friendly informal way, especialy about thing that are not important) 不停地闲谈:

They chatted away to each other. （他们俩聊个没完。）

2）chat about 闲聊...: