| 词汇 | gallon |
| 释义 | gallon noun uk /ˈɡæl.ən/ us /ˈɡæl.ən/ [ C ] a unit for measuring volume: 加仑 How much does a gallon of petrol cost?一加仑汽油要花多少钱？ An imperial gallon, used in Britain, is equal to 4,546 cubic centimetres.根据英国标准加仑，1加仑等于4546立方厘米。 A US gallon is equal to 3,785 cubic centimetres.1美制加仑等于3785立方厘米。 [ Cusually plural ]informal a large amount of liquid: 大量液体 I love milk - I drink gallons of the stuff.我喜欢喝牛奶——喝得很多。 The price of petrol will rise by 5p a gallon from tomorrow.汽油价格从明天起每加仑上涨5便士。 My new car does 50 miles to the gallon (uses one gallon of fuel to travel 50 miles).我的新车1加仑汽油能跑50英里。 Measurements of volume capacity centilitre cl cubic decilitre dl fl. gal gill heaped heaping litre measure millilitre ml pint pt quart teaspoon tin You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Masses and large amounts of things gallon | American Dictionarygallon noun[ C ] us/ˈɡæl·ən/(abbreviationgal.) a unit of measurement of volume of liquid equal to 4 quarts or 3.78 liters gallon | Business Englishgallon noun[ C ] MEASURESuk /ˈɡælən/us(abbreviationgal.) in the UK, a unit for measuring the volume of a liquid or gas, equal to approximately 4.55 litres: Fuel tax is to rise by over 25p a gallon. in the US, a unit for measuring the volume of a liquid, equal to approximately 3.79 litres: The average federally set price of milk is expected to rise 42 cents, to $1.58 a gallon. Examples of gallongallon The bore wells, yielding 3,500 gallons per hour during 1985, dwindled to yield 800 gallons per hour in 2001. Five gallons of wine was to be levied on every half acre of land, and there was to be an additional tax on manpower. First, it is just more subtle in approach - no crass annihilation or creation of uncountable gallons of water, for example. I buy approximately 15 to 20 gallons of gasoline per week. Daily household supply fell slightly from 174 gallons per household in 1820 to 166.3 gallons in 1849. Such an intention only exists as to the supply of the four gallons of petrol although the coins might induce the buyer to come back. A reservoir 1,400 feet above sea level and holding 200 million gallons of water burst and caused great devastation and loss of life. One acre-inch of groundwater has 22,611 gallons of water. If there was no bottom, you could just keep on pouring in ten, twenty, even thirty gallons and it would all just run out. To secure a 2:1 dilution, the farm needed 36 million gallons of water per day. The system requires approximately 80 gallons of water to fill the water tanks to 50 per cent of their capacity. The dirty water is a by product of a wet plucking machine which makes two gallons of water for every bird produced. The animals' rows of metallic cages are surrounded by noxious manure lagoons that contain millions of gallons of liquid waste. Most tanks sold at pet stores do not exceed 55 gallons; most are around 10-20 gallons and therefore too small for the fish to grow to its proper size. An acre-foot equals 326,000 gallons of water. See all examples of gallon 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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