hundredweight

noun

1. 英担（英国等于112磅，美国等于100磅。一吨为20英担）
   a unit for measuring weight equal to 112 pounds in the UK and 100 pounds in the US. There are 20 hundredweight in a ton.

The plural form is hundredweight after a number. 用在具体数字后复数形式为 hundredweight。


1. N-COUNT 英担（重量单位，英国等于112磅，美国等于100磅）
   A hundredweight is a unit of weight that is equal to 112 pounds in Britain and to 100 pounds in the United States.
   1. ...a hundredweight of coal.
      1英担煤

1. The type of hundredweight or ton should be clearly stated in quotations and in sales confirmations.
   在报价和售货确认书中，对英担或吨要明确表示它所代表的实际重量。
2. The tenor bell in St paul's Cathedral weighs sixty-two hundredweight.
   圣保罗大教堂的低音钟重62长担。

noun

1. a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

   Synonym:    cwtlong hundredweight

2. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

   Synonym:    cwtshort hundredweightcentnercentalquintal

3. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

   Synonym:    metric hundredweightdoppelzentnercentner