ton
US: /ˈtən/
UK: /tˈʌn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
ton /tʌn/- danh từ
- tấn
- long ton; gross ton: tấn Anh (1016 kg)
- metric ton: tấn (1000 kg)
- short ton; net ton: tấn Mỹ (907, 2 kg)
- ton (đơn vị dung tích tàu bè bằng 2, 831 m3)
- ton (đơn vị trọng tải của tàu bè bằng 1, 12 m3)
- (thông tục) rất nhiều
- tons of people: rất nhiều người
- I have asked him tons of times: tôi đã hỏi nó rất nhiều lần
- (nghĩa bóng) tốc độ 160 km poào ặn['tɔnəpbɔiz]
- tấn
- danh từ
- (từ lóng) những chàng trai thích lái mô tô 160 km poào ặn['tounl]
- (từ lóng) những chàng trai thích lái mô tô 160 km poào ặn['tounl]
- tính từ
- (âm nhạc) (thuộc) âm
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] (plural tons or ton) a unit for measuring weight, in Britain 2 240 pounds (long ton) and in the US 2 000 pounds (short ton): (informal) What have you got in this bag? It weighs a ton!
Compare: TONNE
2 [C] a unit for measuring the size of a ship. 1 ton is equal to 100 CUBIC feet.
3 (tons) [pl.] (informal) a lot: They've got tons of money. + I've still got tons to do.
4 (a / the ton) (BrE, informal) 100, especially when connected with a speed of 100 miles per hour: He was caught doing a ton.
Idioms: like a ton of bricks (informal) very heavily; very severely: Disappointment hit her like a ton of bricks. + They came down on him like a ton of bricks (= criticized him very severely).
Collocation
More information about MEASURE
MEASURE:
and measures ~ of
I always drink gallons of water.
half a, a quarter of a ~
half a litre of milk
a half/quarter
hour, inch, mile, ounce, pint, poundThey used to sell corned beef at 2d a quarter pound.
cubic, square ~
One litre is equivalent to 1,000 cubic centimetres.
~ square
The room is about 15 metres square.
~ broad, deep, high, long, tall, thick, wide
The new dock was 230 m long and 92 m broad.
~ bigger, cooler, faster, heavier, lighter, slower, etc.
The climate was several degrees warmer than it is now.
about, approximately, around ~
1 foot = approx. 0.3 metres
be, cover, measure, span, stretch (for) ~
used with measures of distance and areaThe National Park covers 3,000 acres. The sandy beach stretches for over four miles.
be, weigh ~
used with measures of weightShe weighed over ten stone.
be, last, take ~
used with measures of timeIt takes approximately 365 and a quarter days for the earth to revolve around the sun.
in a ~
How many centilitres are there in a litre?
in ~s
We were asked to estimate the temperature of the room in degrees.
to a/the ~
My car does 10 miles to the litre.
a, per ~
They're 99p a dozen. a safety threshold of 50 mg of nitrates per litre
by the ~
Apples are sold by the kilogram.
of ~
The path will be built to a width of 2 metres.
~ in area, length, volume, weight, size, etc.
Killer whales are up to ten metres in length.
~ by ~
a huge room measuring 50 m by 18 m
to the nearest ~
Give your answer to the nearest metre.
Concise dictionary
tonstʌnnoun
+a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
+a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
