Tonnage
['tʌnɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship.
德洛丽丝整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
(n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
(n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
(n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.
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解釋/意思:
n. in regard to ships a measure both of cubical capacity and of dead-weight carrying capability—the freight ton simply means 40 cubic feet of space available for cargo and is therefore two-fifths of a register ton: a duty on ships estimated per ton.—Also Tun′nage.
錄入:露西
例句/造句/用法:
- The two other were open boats of half that tonnage. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The gross tonnage of ships passing through in 1898 was 12,962,632, the net tonnage 9,238,603. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- During these eleven years, the tonnage bounties paid amounted to ?155,463:11s. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It was, besides, a foreign manufacture, and must have paid some duty, the ancient custom of tonnage and poundage at least, to the king. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Not until the middle of the century did the tonnage of steamships upon the sea begin to overhaul that of sailing-ships. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There were thirty-six ships of fair tonnage which were reported there during those months. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The tonnage bounties given to the white herring and whale fisheries may, perhaps, be considered as somewhat of this nature. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This new type of vessel, the Deutschland, was an undersea craft of 315 feet length and a gross tonnage of 701 tons, its cargo capacity being more than 1,000 tons. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This tonnage is especially interesting, as it is produced on a floor space of only 36,324 square feet. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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