gallon

英 [ˈɡælən]

美 [ˈɡælən]

n.  加仑(液量单位，在英国、加拿大及其他一些国家约等于4.5升，在美国约等于3.8升，一加仑为四夸脱)

复数：gallons　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.6013

牛津词典

noun

• 加仑（液量单位，在英国、加拿大及其他一些国家约等于4.5升，在美国约等于3.8升，一加仑为四夸脱）
  a unit for measuring liquid. In the UK, Canada and other countries it is equal to about 4.5 litres; in the US it is equal to about 3.8 litres. There are four quarts in a gallon.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 加仑（液量单位，1加仑等于8品脱，英制等于4.564升，美制等于3.785升）
  Agallonis a unit of measurement for liquids that is equal to eight pints. In Britain, it is equal to 4.564 litres. In America, it is equal to 3.785 litres.
  1. ...80 million gallons of water a day.
     每天8千万加仑水
  2. ...a gasoline tax of 4.3 cents a gallon.
     每加仑4.3分的汽油税

英英释义

noun

• United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
  Synonym:gal
• a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
  Synonym:Imperial galloncongius

双语例句

• Today, bottled water costs more per gallon than gasoline.
  今日，每加仑矿泉水比汽油还贵。
• I down a gallon of chamomile tea.
  接着我喝了一加仑的甘菊茶。
• My car does forty miles to the gallon.
  我的汽车每加仑汽油跑四十英里。
• Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.
  无铅汽油每加仑涨了1分多。
• This car averages 40 miles to the gallon.
  这辆汽车平均每加仑可行40英里。
• The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.
  由于石油短缺，汽油价格每加仑上涨了20美分。
• 18 eggs and a gallon of buttermilk.
  18个鸡蛋和一加仑乳酪。
• Critics have zeroed in on his plan to raise gasoline taxes 10 cents a gallon.
  批评者将矛头对准他打算将汽油税每加仑提高10美分的计划上。
• The car used a gallon of petrol for the journey.
  汽车在路上消耗了一加仑汽油。
• One year ago, gas cost more than$ 4 a gallon in much of the country.
  一年前，美国许多地区的汽油价格都超过了每加仑4美元。