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maund

/mawnd/US // mɔnd //UK // (mɔːnd) //

茅台,茅塞顿开,茅盾,茅山

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds.

Examples

  • There being 40 Bengl sers to the man, Bburs word mnbn seems to be another name for the man or maund.

  • Mrs Maund has enabled me to quote from a striking article by her late husband.

  • An elephant can carry a weight of ten or twelve maunds—a maund being equal to eighty pounds.

  • If horses were to eat in the same ratio they would require at least a maund of oats per diem to keep them in health!

  • If seuerall sorts of apples be packt in one maund or basket, then betweene euery sort, lay sweet strawe of a pretty thicknesse.