tons

英 [tʌnz]

美 [tʌnz]

n.  吨(英国为2 240磅，即长吨; 美国为2 000磅，即短吨); 注册吨，吨位(船舶大小的计量单位，1吨等于100立方英尺); 大量; 许多
ton的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 吨(在英国等于2,240 磅;在美国等于 2,000 磅)
  Atonis a unit of weight that is equal to 2240 pounds in Britain and to 2000 pounds in the United States.
  1. Hundreds of tons of oil spilled into the sea...
     数百吨石油溢出流入大海。
  2. Getting rid of rubbish can cost $100 a ton.
     清除垃圾每吨要花费 100 美元。
• 同 tonne
  Atonis the same as atonne.
• PHRASE 对…大发雷霆;怒斥
  If someonecomes down onyoulike a ton of bricks, they are extremely angry with you and tell you off because of something wrong that you have done.
  1. If you do something awful they all come down on you like a ton of bricks.
     如果你做了错事，他们全都会对你大发雷霆。
• 非常重;沉得要命
  If you say that somethingweighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.

英英释义

noun

• a large number or amount
  1. made lots of new friends
  2. she amassed stacks of newspapers
  Synonym:dozensheapslotspilesscoresstacksloadsraftsslewswadsoodlesgobsscadslashings

双语例句

• There's always tons of scrap paper in Dad's office.
  爸爸的办公室里总有大量的废纸。
• The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.
  1986年海关截获了27.2公吨的可卡因。
• Hundreds of tons of oil spilled into the sea
  数百吨石油溢出流入大海。
• We need 100 tons of cement at most for this project.
  这项工程满打满算有一百吨水泥就足够了。
• The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year
  《华尔街日报》每年用去22万公吨新闻纸。
• Thirty-six trucks were loaded with some 100 tons of dried milk and bandages.
  36辆卡车装了大约100吨的奶粉和绷带。
• This machine weighs above three tons.
  这部机器的重量超过三吨。
• Before liberation, China's highest annual output of steel was only just over 900,000 tons.
  解放前全国钢年产量最高才90多万吨。
• Around 180,000 metric tons of food aid is required
  需要大约18万公吨的食品援助。
• Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks
  需要30万吨谷类补充库存。