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hundredweight

/huhn-drid-weyt/US // ˈhʌn drɪdˌweɪt //UK // (ˈhʌndrədˌweɪt) //

百重,百斤重,重量,百斤

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hun·dred·weights, hun·dred·weight.

    • : Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt
    • : cental.

Examples

  • We found, however, no difficulty in procuring more, some of which weighed four hundredweight.

  • Spitzhase felt as if the pipe were about a hundredweight heavier, and that it had grown suddenly stiff.

  • Yes, full a hundredweight; half the mass was quartz, but four-fifths of the weight they knew must be gold.

  • He was powerfully developed physically, and at eighteen could lift ten hundredweight.

  • Each chest, therefore, if all contained the same precious metal, would represent the value of sixteen hundredweight of silver.