请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 avoirdupois weight
释义
avoirdupois weight
(once / 218877 pages)
n

WORD FAMILY
avoirdupois weight: avoirdupois weights
USAGE EXAMPLES
The precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum, are sold by the Troy ounce: the base metals are all handled and dealt with on avoirdupois weights.
Hoskin, Arthur J., The Business of Mining—A brief non-...(2012)
Most people give gratitude in grains for whole ounces of avoirdupois weight; what a grateful soul yours is, Miss Lambert.'
Carey, Rosa Nouchette, Heriot's Choice—A Tale(2011)
Cayenne pepper, one drachm, avoirdupois weight.Soy, two table-spoonfuls.Walnut catchup, four ditto.Six anchovies chopped.A small clove of garlic, minced fine.
Kitchiner, William, The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper'...(2010)
n a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
Syn|Hyper
avoirdupois
system of weights, weight
a system of units used to express the weight of something
随便看

 

英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 22:37:57