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hundredweight 音标拼音: [h'ʌndrədw ,et] n. 重量单位 重量单位 hundredweight n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [ synonym: { hundredweight}, { metric hundredweight}, { doppelzentner}, { centner}] 2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [ synonym: { hundredweight}, { cwt}, { short hundredweight}, { centner}, { cental}, { quintal}] 3: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [ synonym: { hundredweight}, { cwt}, { long hundredweight}] Hundredweight \ Hun" dred* weight`\, n. A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2, 000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton. [ 1913 Webster]
Cental \ Cen" tal\, n. [ L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a { Hundredweight}. [ 1913 Webster]
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