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。
• There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.
  收获伊始地里大概有3亿吨粮食。
• Ten thousand tons of coal were produced last year.
  去年生产了一万吨的煤。
• This plane can carry a cargo of12 tons.
  这架飞机可载12吨货物。
• 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。
• A thousand tons of crude oil has spilled into the sea from an oil tanker.
  1,000吨原油从一艘油轮中泄漏，流入了海洋。
• This machine weighs above three tons.
  这部机器的重量超过三吨。
• On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
  独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。
• Thousands of tons of filth and sewage pour into the Ganges every day.
  每天都有成千上万吨污物和废水排入恒河。
• 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。