morgen

FREQ #43177

n. 摩根(荷兰、南非等的地积单位,合2.116英亩)

词形变化

morgens 复数 morgens

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was equivalent to about two acres; and in Denmark, Norway, and Germany, where it was equivalent to about two-thirds of an acre. Now used informally in Germany to mean one quarter of a hectare.

    历史

词源

From Dutch morgen and German Morgen, both literally "morning", probably originally indicated the amount of land that can be ploughed by a team of oxen in a morning. Doublet of morn and morrow.

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