litre

英 [ˈliːtə(r)]

美 [ˈliːtər]

n.  升(容量单位，等于英国的1.76品脱或美国的2.11品脱)

复数：litres　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.5726

牛津词典

noun

• 升（容量单位，等于英国的1.76品脱或美国的2.11品脱）
  a unit for measuring volume, equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints
  1. 3 litres of water
     3升水
  2. a litre bottle of wine
     一升容量的瓶装酒
  3. a car with a 3.5 litre engine
     配有3.5升发动机的汽车

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 liter


• N-COUNT 升（米制容量单位，等于1.76英国品脱或2.11美国品脱）
  Alitreis a metric unit of volume that is a thousand cubic centimetres. It is equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints.
  1. ...15 litres of water...
     15升水
  2. This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre.
     这项税收会使每升汽油价格提高约3.5便士。
  3. ...a Ford Escort with a 1.9-litre engine.
     装配1.9升发动机的福特雅士

英英释义

noun

• a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions
  Synonym:literlcubic decimetercubic decimetre

双语例句

• Nearly all participants drank black tea regularly, on average drinking over a litre a day.
  几乎所有的参与者都有喝红茶的习惯，并且平均每人每天至少饮用一公升。
• He polished off a large steak, salad, broccoli swimming in thick sauce, and half a litre of wine.
  他狼吞虎咽地吃下了一大块牛排、很多色拉和浸着浓稠酱汁的花耶菜，还喝了半升红酒。
• The tax increase will add4p to a litre of leaded petrol.
  含铅汽油每升所需交税将提高4便士。
• Tourist: And a litre is one point seven pints, and a kilo is two point two pounds.
  游客：所以，一公升等于一点七品脱，而一公斤等于二点二磅。
• Last month it cost 28 per cent more to buy a litre of petrol than a year earlier.
  上个月，每升汽油的成本比去年同期贵了28%。
• Milk costs 30p a litre.
  牛奶每升价格三十便士。
• New Japanese cars averaged 13 km to the litre in 1981
  1981年，新型的日产汽车平均每升汽油能跑13千米。
• Barium is found in some oilfield brines in concentrations greater than 100mg/ litre.
  在有些油田卤水中，钡的浓度大于100毫克／升。
• Each litre was found to contain up to40000 animals, many of them species new to science.
  他们发现每升海水中含有多达四万种的动物，而其中有许多是新物种。
• The company's latest newcomer is a 4 x 4 estate with a 2.2 litre petrol engine.
  公司最近新到了一辆有2.2升汽油发动机的4x4客货两用车。