hundredweight 音标拼音: [h'ʌndrədw
, et]
n . 重量单位
重量单位
hundredweight n 1 :
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [
synonym :
{
hundredweight }, {
metric hundredweight }, {
doppelzentner },
{
centner }]
2 :
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [
synonym :
{
hundredweight }, {
cwt }, {
short hundredweight }, {
centner },
{
cental }, {
quintal }]
3 :
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [
synonym :
{
hundredweight }, {
cwt }, {
long hundredweight }]
Hundredweight \
Hun "
dred *
weight `\,
n .
A denomination of weight ,
containing 100 ,
112 ,
or 120 pounds avoirdupois ,
according to differing laws or customs .
By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds .
In most of the United States ,
both in practice and by law ,
it is 100 pounds avoirdupois ,
the corresponding ton of 2 ,
000 pounds ,
sometimes called the short ton ,
being the legal ton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cental \
Cen "
tal \,
n . [
L .
centum a hundred .]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois ; --
called in many parts of the United States a {
Hundredweight }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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