TMa unit for measuringweight, equal to 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms in Britain, and 100 pounds or 45.3 kilograms in the US 英担,美担〔重量单位,一英担等于112磅或50.8公斤,一美担等于100磅或45.3公斤〕
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hundredweight• An acre became a field, a hundredweight a ton, and a guinea became a fortune.• Digging up danger ... half a hundredweight of bullets in a rosebed.• The cheapest I can buy them for my dinner is £2.50 per half hundredweightbag.• A pack-camel could carry a load of some six hundredweight or 300 kilograms.• He's so underfed, his weight is three hundredweight below normal.