词汇 | avoirdupois |
释义 | avoirdupois noun[ U ] MEASURESuk /ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː/uk /ˌævədəˈpɔɪz/ us /ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz/ a system used in the US, and officially until the year 2000 in the UK, for measuring weight. It is based on the pound, which is equal to approximately 454 grams. Examples of avoirdupoisavoirdupois Would it be the tape measure, would it be the height, would it be the avoirdupois? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its export is pounds avoirdupois has arisen from 18,000 to 48,000, and this by no means represents its future capacities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are heavier in more ways than the avoirdupois aspect of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means one pound avoirdupois weight of silver. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He asked whether that meant the same as pence per pound avoirdupois. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I weighed it at the post office and it came to about 600 or 800 grams—the post office no longer deals in avoirdupois. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see men debating for years what weight in avoirdupois is equal to so much pounds sterling, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has got none, or, if he has got any, he is getting it in pounds avoirdupois instead of in scores of tons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one thing today and another thing tomorrow, but one cannot say that of the pound avoirdupois. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is certainly weighty in terms of avoirdupois. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The protocol could be met by exceptional arrangements to provide one pound of butter, avoirdupois or its metric equivalent, per year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the customer wants to buy in avoirdupois rather than in metric, that is what the customer should be allowed to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many articles used as medicines, for example, sodium bicarbonate, are commonly sold by avoirdupois weight, and it is not the intention to interfere with this practice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ounces avoirdupois. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At that time aluminum was $1.00 per avoirdupois ounce. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of avoirdupois These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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