n. 蒲式耳(谷物和水果的容量单位,相当于8加仑); 大量; 很多 bushel的第三人称单数和复数
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蒲式耳(农作物的容量单位,相当于8加仑) A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons.
I got twelve bushels of beans, and eighteen bushels of potatoes, beside some peas and sweet corn. 我收获蚕豆十二蒲式耳,土豆十八蒲式耳,此外还有若干豌豆和王米。
And I had five hams sent and ten pounds of side meat and God knows how many bushels of yams and Irish potatoes. 我还派人送过五只火腿,十磅腌肉,还有那么多甘薯和爱尔兰土豆。
Next year USDA expects ethanol companies will use another 100m bushels. 美国农业部预计,乙醇企业下一年的玉米消耗量将增长1亿蒲式耳。
Now suppose that the United States offers to buy10 million cars from Canada in exchange for20 bushels of wheat per car. 如果加拿大继续消费10百万辆汽车,则这笔交易导致加拿大可消费小麦数量为?
The US government forecasts average yields of 146 bushels. 美国政府预测每英亩玉米产量平均为146蒲式耳。
Officials forecast US wheat stocks would shrink to their lowest level in 60 years, dropping from 312m bushels to 280m by the end of the 2007-08 crop year. 有关官员预测,美国小麦库存将跌至60年以来的最低水平,到2007年-08农事年底,将从3.12亿蒲式耳降至2.8亿蒲式耳。
Seed that yields up to300 bushels per acre. 每英亩能产三百蒲式耳的种子。
US stocks are expected to fall below 1m bushels by the end of the current crop year and some traders see further price increases as inevitable to ration demand. 预计到当前农事年结束时,美国库存量将降至100万蒲氏耳以下,一些交易员预计,为控制需求,价格进一步上涨将无可避免。
Making good use of my opportunities in the postwar cultural boom I had reviewed bushels of books for "The New Republic" and the "Times". 我趁战后文化繁荣之机,给《新共和报》和《纽约时报》写过许多书评。
I'll give you20 bushels for those pesticides. 我用20蒲式耳玉米换你这些杀虫剂。
It looks like an idyllic rural spot, where bushels of red chilies hang from the eves of steep-roofed wooden houses and hay wains jostle with shepherds in narrow streets. 这里本是一片桃源般的所在,木屋的尖顶上挂满了一串串的红辣椒,羊倌们赶着运草料的车在小径上穿梭,人呼马叫。
( British) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels. (英国)谷物容量单位等于蒲式耳。