quintal
英 ['kwɪnt(ə)l]
美['kwɪntl]
- n. 公担（等于100公斤）
- n. (Quintal)人名；(葡)金塔尔；(法)坎塔尔
英英释意
- 1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
- 2. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
英文词源
- quintal (n.)
- "a weight of a hundred pounds," c. 1400, from Old French quintal "hundredweight," and directly from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic quintar, from Late Greek kentenarion, from Latin centenarius "containing a hundred" (see centenary).