| 单词 | avoirdupois weight |
| 释义 | avoirdupois weight (once / 218877 pages) n WORD FAMILY avoirdupois weight: avoirdupois weights USAGE EXAMPLESThe precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum, are sold by the Troy ounce: the base metals are all handled and dealt with on avoirdupois weights. Hoskin, Arthur J., The Business of Mining—A brief non-...(2012) Most people give gratitude in grains for whole ounces of avoirdupois weight; what a grateful soul yours is, Miss Lambert.' Carey, Rosa Nouchette, Heriot's Choice—A Tale(2011) Cayenne pepper, one drachm, avoirdupois weight.Soy, two table-spoonfuls.Walnut catchup, four ditto.Six anchovies chopped.A small clove of garlic, minced fine. Kitchiner, William, The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper'...(2010) n a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) Syn|Hyper avoirdupois system of weights, weight a system of units used to express the weight of something |
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