释义 |
tonnage /tunˈij/ noun- The cargo- or freight-carrying capacity of a ship measured in tons (orig in tuns of wine)
- The weight of a cargo or freight on a ship
- The total cargo-carrying capacity of a country's merchant shipping, measured in tons
- A duty on ships, based on their cargo-carrying capacity
- A duty on cargo charged per ton
- A tax of so much a tun on imported wines (sometimes tunnage; historical). See also ton1
ORIGIN: See ton1, tun gross tonnage The total space capable of carrying cargo in a ship, measured in register tons net register tonnage Gross tonnage less deducted spaces (qv under deduce) tun /tun/ noun- A large cask
- An obsolete liquid measure equivalent to 216 gallons of ale, or 252 of wine
- A ton (obsolete)
- A barrel-like state adopted by certain cryptobionts in extremely dry conditions (biology)
transitive verb (tunnˈing; tunned) To put in a tun ORIGIN: OE tunne; cf ton1 tunnˈage noun see tonnage tunnˈing noun tunˈbellied adjective tunˈbelly noun A pot-belly tunˈ-dish noun (Shakespeare) A wooden funnel |