Gallon
['gælən] or ['ɡælən]
解释:
(noun.) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
(noun.) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters.
海因里希录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
伊丽莎白编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Four quarts.
校对:罗赞
解释:
n. the standard measure of capacity=4 quarts.
手打:洛伊斯
娱乐性解释:
From the Fr. galonner, to make tight. Note, one is sufficient.
艾迪整理
例句:
- Butter already rancid can be improved by treatment with a stronger solution (8 drachms of acid to 1 gallon of water), followed by washing in pure water. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- A gallon of water weighs approximately 8. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- And stand a gallon of beer down,' chimed in Mr. Simpson. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Dissolve 3/4 of an ounce of salicylic acid in a gallon of cider, and then add this amount to each barrel of cider. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- To keep oysters stir into them 3 ounces of the solution (cold) to each gallon of oysters. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Dewar produced the first ounce of liquid air at a cost of $3,000, but that now Mr. Tripler claims that he can produce it by his apparatus for five cents a gallon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- On this bridge is located a gasoline pump, from which each tank receives one gallon of gasoline before it is installed in the car. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I feel as if I had been half drowned, and swallowing a gallon of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The corks should always be boiled in water containing 1 ounce to the gallon, which is also efficient in disinfecting tubes, taps, etc. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- After four breakfasts and a gallon of champagne, to serve us such a scurvy trick. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- As to the cost of the process the cost per gallon, as far as he could tell--he could not tell exactly--would be under 1s. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- They put in with a stone two-gallon jar for some beer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Soak the clothes over night in water to which has been added a table-spoonful of the fluid for each gallon of water; also add a little in washing water. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- According to the claims of some it may be produced at a cost of a few cents a gallon. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Sparkling Must requires an addition of 6 to 7 ounces of salicylic acid per 100 gallons. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- About 1/4 to 3/4 of an ounce per 50 gallons will be found sufficient for most wines. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Her grandfather had returned, and was busily engaged in pouring some gallons of newly arrived rum into the square bottles of his square cellaret. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Built in 1894, at which time it had a capacity of 900 gallons per minute. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The boiler evaporated 114 gallons of water in the hour, and consumed, in the same time, 217 pounds of coke. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- One of Mr. Appold's pumps, only one inch in diameter (the exact size of the small diagram), will discharge ten gallons per minute. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Add enough water to complete ten gallons, and charge with gas. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- A shipment of eight gallons from New York to Washington for lecture purposes shrunk to three gallons in two days’ time. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Now add hot water, 5 gallons, to the mixture, stir well, and let it stand a few days covered from the dirt. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- These machines use some 2,500 gallons of lubricating oils and 11,000 gallons of cutting fluids each day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Refrigeration is at present its most natural and obvious use, and it is claimed that eleven gallons of the material when gradually expanded has the refrigerating power of one ton of ice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Boil for fifteen minutes in eight gallons of water and let stand till cold to settle down, then strain through a flannel rag, and add to it in the fountain: Syrup 12 pints. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- On this type of steamer the pump will deliver 250 gallons of water at 120 pounds pump pressure. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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