tonne

tonne — noun

1. a standard weight used around the world for measuring very heavy objects. One to

1.名詞B1
釋義

a standard weight used around the world for measuring very heavy objects. One tonne equals 1,000 kilograms, which is about the weight of a small car.

例句

The container ship carried twenty thousand tonnes of grain from Brazil to China.

tonnes of + commodity (shipping context)

Each block of limestone at the quarry weighs about two tonnes.

weighs + [number] tonnes

同義詞
  • metric ton

    more common in American English; exactly 1,000 kg — the same quantity as a tonne

  • megagram

    strict scientific term (symbol: Mg); 1,000 kg equals 1 megagram, but rarely used outside laboratories and official SI contexts

用法筆記

Tonne (symbol: t) is the metric unit. Do not confuse with ton, which refers to the imperial ton (1,016 kg in the UK or 907 kg in the US). In international trade and scientific writing, tonne is the standard term.

常見錯誤

❌The car weighs two tons' (when using the metric system).
✅The car weighs two tonnes.
💡Outside the United States, tonne is the correct term for metric weight; ton is an imperial unit with a different value.