tonnage
吨位,吨数,吨位数,噸位
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Definitions
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- : the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- : ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes.
- : a duty on ships or boats at so much per ton of cargo or freight, or according to the capacity in tons.
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Examples
The exact tonnage of the San Gabriel Mountains, which frame Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine, has never been measured.
It was a key reason why the half million U.S. soldiers and massive bomb tonnage could not achieve decisive military victory.
On the negative side, the sheer tonnage of opinions can overwhelm and cause a degree of amnesia.
His death is not commensurate with the tonnage of human suffering he caused.
The tonnage entered in Philippine ports shows a rapid annual increase in five years.
Old and new measurements, tonnage, time allowances and movable ballast, are all a sealed book to me.
These vessels, indeed, were of no considerable tonnage; but I confess myself at a loss to guess their object.
This was owing to there still being a tonnage class, A, B and C, the new rating and the length classes.
The object of handicaps is to get sport amongst craft of varied tonnage, class, and build, by giving time allowance.