kilo
英 ['kiːləʊ]
美 ['kilo]
- n. 千克
- n. (Kilo)人名；(阿拉伯)基洛
英文词源
- kilo
- kilo: [19] Khílioi was Greek for a ‘thousand’. It was adopted in French in the 1790s as the prefix for ‘thousand’ in expressions of quantity under the new metric system, and various compound forms (kilogram, kilolitre, kilometre, etc) began to find their way into English from the first decade of the 19th century onwards. The first recorded instance of kilo being used in English for kilogram dates from 1870.
- kilo (n.)
- 1870, shortening of kilogram. Slang shortening key (in drug trafficking) is attested from 1968.
双语例句
- 1. The price of grapes had shot up to 32 francs a kilo.
- 葡萄价格大幅上涨，达到每公斤32法郎。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The caves extend for some 18 kilo-metres.
- 那些洞穴深约18公里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.
- 这些苹果售价每公斤40便士.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. China has bought 12 Russian Kilo - class diesel attack submarines.
- 中国购买了12艘俄罗斯基洛级(Kilo-class)柴油攻击潜艇.
来自互联网
- 5. The work kilo is often used as a prefix.
- Kilo常被用作单词前缀.
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