acre

/ˈeɪkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈekɚ] /ˈeɪkər/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈekɚ] /ˈā-kər/ (ame, mw)

acre — 名詞

  • acresingular
  • acresplural

1. a standard unit used to measure land; one acre equals 4,047 square metres (about

1.名詞B1
釋義

英畝

面積單位，約4047平方公尺

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)

例句

The Watanabe family bought a farm with fifty acres of flat land.

Watanabe 一家買了一座擁有五十英畝平坦土地的農場。

number + acres + of + noun (area measurement pattern)

Hao rents a small house with a garden that covers just one acre.

Hao 租了一間小房子，附帶的花園剛好只有一英畝。

just + one + acre (expressing small size)

同義詞
  • 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).

常見錯誤

❌This field measures 5 acres in length.
✅This field is 5 acres in size.
💡acres measure area (a two-dimensional space), not length or width.