From the word’s history
From Old Northern French galun, from Late Latin galum, galus 'measure of wine'.
源自古北法語 galun,來自晚期拉丁文 galum「酒的量器」。
Think of the big plastic milk you carry home from the shop in one hand — eight pints, heavy enough that you feel it. That is a gallon: a fixed measure of liquid, but a large one. The size is what makes the word useful twice over.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Gallonname
- 1
A surname.
gallonnoun/ˈɡælən/
- 1
A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- 2
exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- 3
231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- 4
one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- 5
informalA large quantity (of any liquid).
- The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
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