ton

US [tʌn]
UK [tʌn]
  • n.吨（英国为 2 240 磅，即长吨；美国为 2 000 磅，即短吨）
  • Web大量；英吨；许多
Plural Form：tons  

Coll.

Synonym

Advanced E-C

E-C

E-E

Web Definition

Ton
n.
1.
[c]
吨（英国为 2 240 磅，即长吨；美国为 2 000 磅，即短吨）a unit for measuring weight, in Britain 2 240 pounds (long ton ) and in the US 2 000 pounds (short ton )
What have you got in this bag? It weighs a ton!
你这口袋里装的是什么？重死了！
2.
[c]
注册吨，吨位（船舶大小的计量单位，1 吨等于 100 立方英尺）a unit for measuring the size of a ship. 1 ton is equal to 100 cubic feet.
3.
[pl]
(informal)
大量；许多a lot
They've got tons of money.
他们腰缠万贯。
I've still got tons to do.
我还有许多事要做。
4.
(informal)
100 ；（尤指）每小时 100 英里的速度100, especially when connected with a speed of 100 miles per hour
He was caught doing a ton.
他被发现以每小时 100 英里的速度行车。

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,吨（英国为 2 240 磅，即长吨吨（英国为 2 240 磅，即长吨,美国为 2 000 磅，即短吨）美国为 2 000 磅，即短吨）,大量大量,英吨英吨,许多许多
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
He admitted he was in the wrong and had already expressed his apology. But why should you still COME down on him like a ton of Bricks?
他承认那是他的不是，而且也向你表示了歉意。你为什么还要对他如此的不依不饶呢？
tā chéng rèn nà shì tā de bú shi , ér qiě yě xiàng nǐ biǎo shì le qiàn yì 。 nǐ wèi shén me hái yào duì tā rú cǐ de bù yī bù ráo ne ?
dict.ebigear.com
2.
This measures how much it costs to move a ton - one nautical mile.
这项措施需要多少成本动议一吨-一海里。
zhè xiàng cuò shī xū yào duō shao chéng běn dòng yì yī dūn - yī hǎi lǐ 。
dict.kekenet.com
3.
Living for the moment is great, until the finances catch up with you and the moment starts to suck because you owe a ton of debt.
活在当下，不然财政问题会逼你解决，因为你有一吨快烂了的账单。
huó zài dāng xià , bù rán cái zhèng wèn tí huì bī nǐ jiě jué , yīn wèi nǐ yǒu yī dūn kuài làn le de zhàng dān 。
article.yeeyan.org
4.
The U. S. photographer said he had deployed his assistant Mauricio Handler (pictured) as bait for this friendly 70-ton giant.
这位美国摄影师说他安排了助手毛利西奥·汉德勒（图中人）作为这头友好的70吨重庞然大物的诱饵。
zhè wèi měi guó shè yǐng shī shuō tā ān pái le zhù shǒu máo lì xī ào · hàn dé lè ( tú zhōng rén ) zuò wéi zhè tóu yǒu hǎo de qī shí dūn zhòng páng rán dà wù de yòu ěr 。
article.yeeyan.org
5.
"Whenever you bought something, you could make a ton of money, " he said.
“无论你什么时候买，总能赚大把的钱。”他说。
" wú lùn nǐ shén me shí hou mǎi , zǒng néng zhuàn dà bǎ de qián 。 " tā shuō 。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
Each students pays tens of thousands of dollars to take the AP exams here. Someone is making a ton of money off of that exam!
每个学生在这里花费高昂的费用参加AP考试，某些人正在赚取暴利。
měi gè xué shēng zài zhè lǐ huā fèi gāo áng de fèi yòng cān jiā AP kǎo shì , mǒu xiē rén zhèng zài zhuàn qǔ bào lì 。
www.douban.com
7.
They always come up short. We're left with a ton of products that sort of, kind of look like Apple products, but never feel right.
他们总是会缺东少西，现在这世界上恐怕可以看到，大约，成千上万种看起来像苹果的产品吧，但是从来没有感觉对过。
tā men zǒng shì huì quē dōng shǎo xī , xiàn zài zhè shì jiè shàng kǒng pà kě yǐ kàn dào , dà yuē , chéng qiān shàng wàn zhǒng kàn qǐ lái xiàng píng guǒ de chǎn pǐn ba , dàn shì cóng lái méi yǒu gǎn jué duì guò 。
dongxi.net
8.
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in "I could sleep for a year" . or "This book weighs a ton" .
夸张法一种比喻，使用夸张来强调或产生某种效果，比如在“我能睡一年。”或“这书有一吨重中”。
kuā zhāng fǎ yī zhǒng bǐ yù , shǐ yòng kuā zhāng lái qiáng diào huò chǎn shēng mǒu zhǒng xiào guǒ , bǐ rú zài " wǒ néng shuì yī nián 。 " huò " zhè shū yǒu yī dūn zhòng zhōng " 。
dictsearch.appspot.com
9.
It's not only the name of our company that will change. . . I expect that after this acquisition, there'll be a ton of things up in the air.
不但是我们公司的名字要改…我预计收购之后还会有一大堆的问题悬而未决。
bù dàn shì wǒ men gōng sī de míng zì yào gǎi … wǒ yù jì shōu gòu zhī hòu hái huì yǒu yī dà duī de wèn tí xuán ér wèi jué 。
www.yuloo.com
10.
More to the point, it'll keep more than half a ton of climate-changing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere every year.
更重要的是，它可以保持每年半吨由于气候变化形成的二氧化碳不会跑出大气。
gèng zhòng yào de shì , tā kě yǐ bǎo chí měi nián bàn dūn yóu yú qì hòu biàn huà xíng chéng de èr yǎng huà tàn bú huì pǎo chū dà qì 。
article.yeeyan.org