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acre-foot

/ey-ker-foot/US // ˈeɪ kərˈfʊt //

英亩英尺,一英亩英尺,英亩尺

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a unit of volume of water in irrigation: the amount covering one acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 43,560 cubic feet.

Examples

  • Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.

  • In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.

  • Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.

  • It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.

  • Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

  • We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.

  • We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.

  • But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.