tons是什么意思？

tons

英[tʌnz] 美[tʌnz]

• adv. <非正>非常；
• n. 吨（ ton的名词复数 ），大量，许多，（尤指）每小时 100 英里的速度；

例句

• I've got tons of work to do. 我有好多工作要做。
• We used 10 tons of coal last winter. 去年冬天我们用了10吨煤。
• A railway truck carries about 10 tons. 一节货车大约能载十吨货物。
• In her early fifties,she wears tons of jewelry. 她50出头,全身是珠光宝气。
• When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of special type of grass - seed which would grow quickly. 在火终于被扑灭的时候, 森林管理局订购了好几吨特殊速生草籽.
• We gave them two tons over and above the amount agreed to. 除了洽定的数量,我们还多给了他们两吨.
• Offer firm reply here Friday 100000 tons cotton 24 pences propound fob Alexandria Feb shipment. 兹报实盘以你星期五复到为准100000吨棉花每磅24便士亚历山德里船上交货价二月装船.
• We need 100 tons of cement at most for this project. 这项工程满打满算有一百吨水泥就足够了.
• The ship displaces 20, 000 tons. 这艘船的排水量为两万吨.
• Steel production was targeted for 60,000 tons last year. 钢产量去年指标定为六万吨.

英语六级真题

Amazon plants, for instance, hold more than 100 billion metric tons of carbon, equal to 15 years of tailpipe and chimney emissions.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year - making forests the leading source of greenhouse gases
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  吨(在英国等于2,240 磅;在美国等于 2,000 磅)
  A ton is a unit of weight that is equal to 2240 pounds in Britain and to 2000 pounds in the United States.
  例句
  Hundreds of tons of oil spilled into the sea... 数百吨石油溢出流入大海。 Getting rid of rubbish can cost $100 a ton. 清除垃圾每吨要花费 100 美元。
• N-COUNT
  同 tonne
  A ton is the same as a tonne .
• PHRASE
  对…大发雷霆;怒斥
  If someone comes down on you like a ton of bricks, they are extremely angry with you and tell you off because of something wrong that you have done.
  例句
  If you do something awful they all come down on you like a ton of bricks. 如果你做了错事，他们全都会对你大发雷霆。
• PHRASE
  非常重;沉得要命
  If you say that something weighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a large number or amount;
  "made lots of new friends""she amassed a mountain of newspapers"