quintal

英['kwɪnt(ə)l] 美['kwɪntl]
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反义词
  • n. 公担(等于100公斤)
  • n. (Quintal)人名;(葡)金塔尔;(法)坎塔尔

英文词源


quintal (n.)
"a weight of a hundred pounds," c. 1400, from Old French quintal "hundredweight," and directly from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic quintar, from Late Greek kentenarion, from Latin centenarius "containing a hundred" (see centenary).