音标:[tʌn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 吨
[经] 吨
n a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
n a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
词型变化:名词复数形式 : tons ; 形容词比较级 : tonner ; 形容词最高级 : tonnest
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ton的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The maximum load for this lorry is one ton.这辆卡车最大载重量是一吨。
  2. How many tons does this elephant weigh?这头大象重多少吨?

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The coal consumption of this boiler is in the vicinity of twenty tons a week.这台锅炉的耗煤量接近于每星期20吨。
  2. It is a ship of 3000 tons burden.这是一条载重3000吨的船。
  3. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons.每块石头重约二吨半。
  4. I have asked somebody tons of times.我已问过他人无数次了。
  5. I bought tons of fruit while it was cheap.我在水果便宜时买了许多。
  6. It will save a ton of money.这会节省很多钱。
  7. In her early fifties, she wears tons of jewelry.她50出头,全身是珠光宝气。
  8. Tons of people have asked about something tons of times.无数的人们对这件事问了无数次了。
  9. This book weighs a ton.这本书重得不得了。
  10. The motorcyclist must have been doing a ton as he passed me.当摩托车从我身边驶过时,他的时速肯定达到了100英里。
  11. The police caught me doing a ton so I have to go to court for breaking the speed limit.我把车开到一小时100英里被警察看见,因此被控超速而上法庭。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
(come down on sb) like a ton of bricks
    严厉地(斥责或惩罚某人) (criticize or punish sb) with great force or violence

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
形容词+~
  • four tons四吨
  • gross ton英吨
  • long ton英吨,长吨
  • metric ton公吨
  • short ton美吨,短吨
介词+~
  • per ton每吨
~+介词
  • tons of books许多书
  • tons of coal…吨煤
  • tons of fruit许多水果
  • tons of hamburgers数不清的汉堡包
  • tons of money许多钱
  • tons of people许多人
  • tons of times屡次

经典引文

  • 'Do you kill many [pirates]?' 'Tons.'

    出自:J. M. Barrie
  • It is the most elegant establishment.., and half the ton was there.

    出自:J. Aiken
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