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」。

Wiktionary

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.

gallon 可以想成超市裡那種一大壺牛奶:八品脫,單手提起來會有點沉的份量。它是個確定的單位(英國一加侖約 4.55 公升,美國約 3.79 公升,同一個字兩種大小),但一種想法是,這個字給人的感覺重點不在刻度精不精準,而在「一大壺、拿得動但很有份量」——正是這個「大壺」的感覺,讓它後來也能拿來講「多到誇張」。

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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