单词 | acre |
释义 | acre (once / 235 pages) n A acre is a unit for measuring area, especially larger areas like farms. An acre is 4840 square yards. It's pretty easy to imagine a square yard: three feet by three feet. Now imagine 4840 of them and you've got an acre. That's a pretty large chunk of land, and acres are used for measuring big areas in some English-speaking countries. Large areas such as farms, forests, and golf courses are likely to be measured in acres. Farms in particular need many acres to grow crops and give the animals space to live. WORD FAMILYacre: acres+/acres: acreses, acress USAGE EXAMPLESGoldmark also last month approved expanding nearby Devil’s Lake Conservation Area from 80 acres to 495 acres. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) For instance, there are 9 acres on the college property that contain loblolly pine trees that are beginning to fail from old age. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The 20 ski trails spread over 144 acres are unchanged. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries Hyper area unit, square measure a system of units used to measure areas Acre (once / 7833 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Acre USAGE EXAMPLESThe tribe portrayed in Stuckert’s pictures, not far across the Peruvian border in the Brazilian state of Acre, are not yet at that stage. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) The people live in a very remote part of the rainforest and the Acre state government is relatively sympathetic to indigenous people’s rights. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Three isolated groups live in Acre state, said José Carlos Meirelles, an expert in Brazil’s indigenous peoples who was also on the flight. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) 1 n a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean 2Syn|Exp Accho, Akka, Akko port a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country townan urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city n a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru Exp district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
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