ton
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ton /tʌn/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 1. (plural tons or ton) (written abbreviation t)TM a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2,240 pounds or 1,016 kilograms in Britain, and 2,000 pounds or 907.2 kilograms in the US 英吨〔2,240磅或1,016公斤〕；美吨〔2,000磅或907.2公斤〕 → tonne2 tons of something informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a lot of something 大量的某事物 I’ve got tons of work to do. 我有很多工作要做。3 weigh a ton informalHEAVY to be very heavy 非常重 Your bag weighs a ton! 你的包好沉！4. come down on somebody like a ton of bricks informalANGRY to get very angry with someone about something they have done 对某人大发脾气5. hit somebody like a ton of bricks American English informal to have a strong emotional effect on someone 使某人非常震惊[激动]
Examples from the Corpus
ton• The station also supplied the nearby brickworks with its coal, 23,000 tons in 1898, chiefly from Yorkshire.• He was welding on top of a 900 ton oil storage tank which exploded, hurling him 120 feet into a wall.• She would get some Dublin Bay prawns and tons of garlic, if he could bring some great wine or other?• About a million tons of lava are pouring every day from the fissure which opened on the Sicilian volcano in December.• Doesn't he care that nuclear energy has so far saved the world from burning five hundred million tons of coal?• The payload of the military 109 is one ton, the civilian 109 is ¾ ton.• From the ton of stuff littering the area, this was clearly a campsite.• Two vats were in use, with maximum production in the region of three tons per week.From Longman Business Dictionarytonton /tʌn/ noun (plural tons or ton) [countable]1a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2,240 pounds or 1,016 kilograms in Britain, and 2,000 pounds or 907.2 kilograms in the USThe quarry produces about 6,000 tons per annum.a price of $150 a ton → compare tonne2informal used when talking about money to mean a ‘hundred’, for example £100 or $100 millionOrigin ton (1200-1300) tun “container, unit of weight” ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English tunneton nounChinese
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ton
ton S3 /tʌn/
noun [countable]
2. tons of something informal a lot of something:
I’ve got tons of work to do.
3. weigh a ton informal to be very heavy:
Your bag weighs a ton!
4. come down on somebody like a ton of bricks informal to get very angry with someone about something they have done
5. hit somebody like a ton of bricks American English informal to have a strong emotional effect on someone
ton S3 /tʌn/
noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Origin: tun 'container, unit of weight' (11-21 centuries), from Old English tunne
1. (plural tons or ton) (written abbreviation t) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2,240 pounds or 1,016 kilograms in Britain, and 2,000 pounds or 907.2 kilograms in the US ⇨ tonneOrigin: tun 'container, unit of weight' (11-21 centuries), from Old English tunne
2. tons of something informal a lot of something:
3. weigh a ton informal to be very heavy:
4. come down on somebody like a ton of bricks informal to get very angry with someone about something they have done
5. hit somebody like a ton of bricks American English informal to have a strong emotional effect on someone
