acre
/ˈeɪkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈekɚ] /ˈeɪkər/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈekɚ] /ˈā-kər/ (ame, mw)
acre — noun
- acresingular
- acresplural
1. a standard unit used to measure land; one acre equals 4,047 square metres (about
a standard unit used to measure land; one acre equals 4,047 square metres (about 4,840 square yards, or roughly the size of an American football field without the end zones)
The Watanabe family bought a farm with fifty acres of flat land.
number + acres + of + noun (area measurement pattern)
Hao rents a small house with a garden that covers just one acre.
just + one + acre (expressing small size)
Nila's vineyard in southern Chile now spreads across more than a hundred acres.
The national park in Oregon protects over two thousand acres of old-growth forest.
Renata measured the land and found that it was exactly three acres.
- hectare
the metric equivalent; 1 hectare = about 2.47 acres, so 'hectare' describes a larger area than 'acre'
文法句型
number + acres + of + noun
用法筆記
Commonly used with a number and the preposition 'of' (e.g. 'twenty acres of wheat'). In countries that use the metric system, the equivalent unit is the hectare (1 hectare ≈ 2.47 acres).