hundredweight
/huhn-drid-weyt/US // ˈhʌn drɪdˌweɪt //UK // (ˈhʌndrədˌweɪt) //
百重,百斤重,重量,百斤
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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