Английский словарь американских идиом - gallon
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~ n 1 BrE a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 4.5435 litres 2 AmE a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 3.785 litres ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(gallons) A gallon is a unit of measurement for liquids that is equal to eight pints. In Britain, it is equal to 4.564 litres. In America, it is equal to 3.785 litres. ...80 million gallons of water a day. ...a gasoline tax of 4.3 cents a gallon. N-COUNT: oft N of n GALLOP (gallops, galloping, galloped) 1. When a horse gallops, it runs very fast so that all four legs are off the ground at the same time. If you gallop a horse, you make it gallop. The horses galloped away... Staff officers galloped fine horses down the road. VERB: V adv/prep, V n prep/adv 2. If you gallop, you ride a horse that is galloping. Major Winston galloped into the distance. VERB: V prep/adv 3. A gallop is a ride on a horse that is galloping. I was forced to attempt a gallop. N-SING 4. If something such as a process gallops, it develops very quickly and is often difficult to control. In spite of the recession, profits have galloped ahead. ...galloping inflation. VERB: V adv, V-ing 5. If you gallop, you run somewhere very quickly. They are galloping around the garden playing football. VERB: V prep 6. If you do something at a gallop, you do it very quickly. I read the book at a gallop. PHRASE: PHR after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English galon, a liquid measure, from Anglo-French galun, jalun, ultimately from Medieval Latin galeta pail, a liquid measure Date: 13th century a unit of liquid capacity equal to 231 cubic inches or four quarts — see weight table ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a (in full imperial gallon) Brit. a measure of capacity equal to eight pints and equivalent to 4546 cc, used for liquids and corn etc. b US a measure of capacity equivalent to 3785 cc, used for liquids. 2 (usu. in pl.) colloq. a large amount. Derivatives gallonage n. Etymology: ME f. ONF galon, OF jalon, f. base of med.L galleta, galletum, perh. of Celtic orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. галлон (мера жидких и сыпучих тел, английский галлон=4,54 л американский галлон=3,78 л) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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галлон В США мера измерения жидких и сыпучих тел, равная 231 куб. дюйму, или 3,785 л. Соответствует старому британскому галлону вина ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. галлон (мера жидких и сыпучих тел) imperial gallon —- английский галлон miles per gallon —- авт. расстояние в милях, пройденное на 1 галлон (израсходованного топлиВА) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun галлон (мера жидких и сыпучих тел, англ. = 4,54 л, тж. imperial gallon; амер. = 3,78 л) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1225, from O.N.Fr. galon, corresponding to O.Fr. jalon "liquid measure," from M.L. galleta "bucket, pail," perhaps from Gaul. galla "vessel." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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