ton

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /tɔ̃/|/tɒn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun; The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
  2. Fashion, the current style, the vogue. uncountable
    — A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.
  3. Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
  4. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun; The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
  5. Fashionable society; those in style. uncountable
    — [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […].
  6. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun; The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
  7. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun; The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
  8. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun; The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
  9. Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything. figuratively
    — I’ve got a ton of work to do.
  10. A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
    — Their main problem is that they somehow believe that a 12-ton unit can handle this entire building.
  11. Synonym of hundred; 100 pounds sterling. UK,colloquial
  12. Synonym of hundred; 100 points. UK,colloquial,usually
  13. Synonym of hundred; 100 runs. UK,colloquial
  14. Synonym of hundred; A speed of 100 mph (160 km/h). UK,colloquial
    — Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five

词形变化

tons plural tons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
assay ton asston a ton available ton mile butt-ton by the ton crapton cubic ton deadweight ton displacement ton exaton foot-ton freight ton fuckton gigaton gross register ton hit like a ton of bricks hoppus ton kiloton like a ton of bricks long ton measurement ton megaton metric ton multiton net register ton petaton Prussian ton register ton shipping ton shitton short ton teraton thanks a ton tonload ton-mile ton mile ton mileage tonner ton of refrigeration ton of TNT ton-up weigh a ton yottaton zettaton tonish
相关词
tonelada bon ton haut ton

词源

词源 1
Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.
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