单词 | ton |
释义 | tonton /tʌn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 1 (plural tons or ton) science a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2,000 pounds or 907.2 kilograms in the U.S.: Each boulder weighs several tons.2a ton (also tons) informal a lot of something: We had a ton left over.ton of They must be making tons of money. → see also tons3weigh a ton informal to be very heavy: Your bag weighs a ton!4hit somebody like a ton of bricks informal to have a strong sudden effect on someone: The news of her accident hit me like a ton of bricks.5come down on somebody like a ton of bricks informal to get very angry with someone about something he or she has done [Origin: 1200–1300 tun container, unit of weight (11–21 centuries), from Old English tunne] |
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