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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- ton
[t^n]
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1.
noun
[c]
[BRIT]
英吨
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2.
noun
[US]
(also： short ton) 美吨
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3.
noun
(metric ton) 公吨
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tons of
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[inf] 大量的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- ton
[tʌn]
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1.
n.[c]
美吨，短吨
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2.
n.[c]
英吨
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3.
n.[c]
[Spoken]
大量，许多
Collins English-English Dictionary
- ton
[t^n]
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1.
n
[Brit]
long ton a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms
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2.
n
[US]
short ton net ton a unit of weight equal to 2000 pounds or 907.184 kilograms
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3.
n
metric ton tonne a unit of weight equal to 1000 kilograms
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4.
n
freight ton a unit of volume or weight used for charging or measuring freight in shipping. It depends on the type of material being shipped but is often taken as 40 cubic feet, 1 cubic metre, or 1000 kilograms
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freight is charged at £40 per ton of 1 cubic metre
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5.
n
measurement ton shipping ton a unit of volume used in shipping freight, equal to 40 cubic feet, irrespective of the commodity shipped
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6.
n
displacement ton a unit used for measuring the displacement of a ship, equal to 35 cubic feet of sea water or 2240 pounds
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7.
n
register ton a unit of internal capacity of ships equal to 100 cubic feet
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8.
n
See also tons
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9.
n
[Etymology]
C14: variant of tun
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10.
n
style, fashion, or distinction
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11.
n
[Etymology]
C18: from French, from Latin tonus tone
- ton
[t^n]
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1.
n
[Slang]
[chiefly Brit]
a score or achievement of a hundred, esp a hundred miles per hour, as on a motorcycle
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C20: special use of ton1 applied to quantities of one hundred
Examples
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He is one of the ton-up boys that day.
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他就是那天以每小时100英里速度开车的男孩之一.
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I made the mistake of criticizing you and she came down on me like a ton of bricks.
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我错误地批评了你，她严厉地斥责了我。
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when he spotted my mistake he came down on me like a ton of bricks
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a ton-up boy
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六艘万吨货轮可以同时在这个码头停靠。
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Six 10,000-ton freighters can berth at this dock.
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长江下游可以行驶万吨轮。
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The lower reaches of the Changjiang River are navigable by 10,000-ton steamers.
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“人次”、“吨公里”、“秒立方米”等为复合量词。
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"Person-time", "ton kilometer" and "cubic meters per second" are all compound classifiers.
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