プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
すんぽう【寸法】
I 〔長さ〕((take, get)) the measure ((of)); a size
- 胸の寸法は95センチある
I measure ninety-five centimeters around my chest. - 箱の寸法を物差しで測った
I took the measure of the box with a ruler. - 紙の寸法は縦20センチ，横30センチだった
The paper was twenty by thirty centimeters (in size). - 寸法どおりに机を作った
I made the desk (exactly) 「to specification [according to the specifications].
II 〔やり方，計画〕
- まずデマを飛ばしてあいつを失脚させるという寸法だ
The idea [plan] is to start a rumor and bring him down that way.