hectare

hectare — noun

1. You use this unit to measure the size of land. One hectare equals 10,000 square

1.名詞B1
釋義

You use this unit to measure the size of land. One hectare equals 10,000 square metres.

例句

The Watanabe family bought a three-hectare farm outside Osaka last spring.

collocation: [number]-hectare as adjective before noun

Wildfires destroyed over two hundred hectares of forest in southern France.

collocation: hectares of [land type]

同義詞
  • acre

    Mainly used in the US and UK; 1 hectare ≈ 2.47 acres

  • square kilometer

    Larger unit; 1 km² = 100 hectares

文法句型

number + hectare + of + noun

用法筆記

Hectare is mainly used for farmland, forest, and large properties. In Taiwan, the equivalent unit 公頃 (gōngqǐng) is common in real estate and agriculture.

常見錯誤

❌The garden is 2 hectares wide.
✅The garden covers 2 hectares.
💡Hectares measure total area, not width or length.
❌The lake is 5 hectares long.
✅The lake has an area of 5 hectares.
💡Use 'area of' or 'covers' with hectares, not dimensions.