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avoirdupois

/av-er-duh-poiz/US // ˌæv ər dəˈpɔɪz //UK // (ˌævədəˈpɔɪz, ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː) //

避免的,公元,避免,公元前

Related Words

weight重量heftiness厚重感,厚重,坚固性,沉重fat脂肪,肥胖,胖子,胖bulk散装,大量的,大批量,大宗ponderosity思考性,思考力,深思熟虑,思索力fatness肥胖,肥胖症,胖子,脂肪含量heft坚固,重量,坚固性,坚固耐用bulkiness体积,笨重,体积大,庞大weightiness重量,重量感,重量级,体重hugeness丰满度,丰满,丰满程度,丰满性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : avoirdupois weight.
    • : Informal. body weight: He carries around a lot of excess avoirdupois.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounheaviness
Synonyms
bulk散装,大量的,大批量,大宗bulkiness体积,笨重,体积大,庞大fat脂肪,肥胖,胖子,胖fatness肥胖,肥胖症,胖子,脂肪含量heft坚固,重量,坚固性,坚固耐用heftiness厚重感,厚重,坚固性,沉重ponderosity思考性,思考力,深思熟虑,思索力ponderousness思考性,深思熟虑,沉思,深思weight重量weightiness重量,重量感,重量级,体重hugeness丰满度,丰满,丰满程度,丰满性

Examples

  • Our nation's excess avoirdupois was, it was alleged, costing north of $100 billion a year.

  • Its owner seems to take as much pride in her bones as the big girls of Rubens could take in their avoirdupois.

  • English avoirdupois, costing from one dollar and three-quarters to two dollars and a half.

  • I never can see why I should relieve a maiden of a burden when her avoirdupois equals mine.

  • "Let go, Mr. Passford," whispered Flint, when he realized that his avoirdupois was too much for the young officer.

  • How can we know that one pound and one pound make two pounds, if one of the pounds may be troy and the other avoirdupois?

  • In the computation of avoirdupois and of the tape-measure, this was the greatest figure that ever travelled the Great North Road.

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