单词 | acre |
释义 | acre /ay"keuhr/, n. 1. a common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile (4047 square meters). 2. acres, a. lands; land: wooded acres. b. Informal. large quantities: acres of Oriental rugs. 3. Archaic. a plowed or sown field. [bef. 1000; ME aker, OE aecer; c. OFris ekker, OS akkar, OHG ackar (G Acker), ON akr, Goth akers, L ager, Gk agrós, Skt ájra-; see also ACORN, AGRARIAN, AGRESTIC, AGRICULTURE, AGRO-] |
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