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单词 acre
释义 acre
\ˈākə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æcer; akin to Old High German ackar field, Old Norse akr arable land, Gothic akrs field, Latin ager, Greek agros, Sanskrit ajra, Latin agere to drive — more at agent
1.
 a. : a field especially of arable or pasture land — archaic except in proper names or in compounds or phrases
  < Long Acre >
  < blackacre >
 b. acres plural : lands, estate
  < he commuted between his country acres and his Madison Avenue office — Time >
  < these skills, like fat flocks or ancestral acres, were passed from father to son — Harriot B. Barbour >
2. : any of various units of area based on an old approximate unit equal to the amount of land plowed by a yoke of oxen in a day; especially : a unit in the United States and England equal to 160 square rods
 < a field of six acres >
 < a 10-acre field >
— see measure table; compare arpent
3. : a broad expanse
 < smiling valleys were turned into acres of slums — Gilbert Highet >
: a large quantity — usually used in plural
 < I have read acres of source material on European history — H.E.Barnes >
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