ton
noun
Definitions of ton noun
weight(重量)
- B2Countable(可数名词)
A metric unit of weight equivalent to 1,000 kilograms.
公吨（等于 1000 公斤）
This shipment weighs several tons.
这批货物重达好几吨。
The bridge can withstand hundreds of tons of weight.
这座桥可以承受数百吨的重量。
The crane can lift objects weighing up to twenty tons.
这台起重机可以吊起重达二十吨的物体。
- B2Countable(可数名词)
A unit of weight, primarily used in the UK, equivalent to 1,016 kilograms.
长吨（等于 1016 公斤）
The ship has a displacement of over several thousand long tons.
这艘船的排水量超过数千长吨。
The factory produces tens of long tons of steel daily.
这家工厂每天生产数十长吨的钢材。
The port can handle millions of long tons of cargo.
这个港口可以处理数百万长吨的货物。
- B2Countable(可数名词)
A unit of weight, primarily used in the US, equivalent to 907 kilograms.
短吨（等于 907 公斤）
The train transported thousands of short tons of coal.
火车运送了数千短吨的煤炭。
The construction project required several hundred short tons of steel.
这个建筑项目需要数百短吨的钢材。
The mine extracts millions of short tons of ore annually.
这座矿山每年开采数百万短吨的矿石。
money(金钱)
- Countable(可数名词)Singular(单数)informal(非正式)
In informal British English, a sum of £100.
一百英镑
That coat will set you back a ton or more.
那件外套要花你一百英镑或更多。
He spent a ton at the bar last night.
他昨晚在酒吧花了一百英镑。
That sofa is probably worth a few tons.
那个沙发可能值好几百英镑。
Idioms
- like a ton of bricks
Describes something that has a very strong or forceful impact.
力道千钧
• The news hit him like a ton of bricks.
这个消息像一吨砖头一样击中了他。