核心畫面

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 4.5更多收起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,原文照列,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.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。