gallon是什么意思？

gallon

英[ˈgælən] 美[ˈɡælən]

• n. 加仑（容量单位）；

复数：gallons;

例句

• This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline. 这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
• It offered twenty - five miles per gallon in city driving and forty - one on the highway. 它在市区内的路上,每加仑汽油可以跑25英里,在公路上则可跑41英里.
• Four quarts constitute a gallon. 四夸脱为一加仑.
• A gallon contains four quarts. 一加仑相当于四夸脱.
• An ancient Roman measure for liquids , equal to about seven eighths of a U.S. gallon ( 3.3 liters ). 堪吉斯一古罗马液量单位, 大约相当于7/8美制加仑 ( 3.3公升 )
• Trees can be trucked to the field in 50 - gallon drums one - third full of water. 栽植果树时要把果苗泡在50加仑的大桶中加水满 1/3,用卡车运到田里.
• About 25 miles per gallon on the freeways. 走高速公路的话,一加仑可以跑25英里.
• The imperial gallon is not the same size as the US one. 英制的加仑与美制的容量不同.
• a five-gallon jug of beer 五加仑装的啤酒罐
• The price of petrol is coming down by four pence a gallon. 汽油的价格每加仑降了4便士。

英语六级真题

gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
While 20 gallons of water are need to produce one pound of wheat
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  加仑（液量单位，1加仑等于8品脱，英制等于4.564升，美制等于3.785升）
  A gallon is a unit of measurement for liquids that is equal to eight pints. In Britain, it is equal to 4.564 litres. In America, it is equal to 3.785 litres.
  例句
  ...80 million gallons of water a day. 每天8千万加仑水 ...a gasoline tax of 4.3 cents a gallon. 每加仑4.3分的汽油税

英汉词典释义

• n.
  加仑
  I'd like five gallons of wine. 我要五加仑葡萄酒。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
  2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters

行业词典

• 医学： ［拉congius］加仑：容量单位，含四夸脱(3785毫升)，在美国为231立方英寸；