trone

n. <苏格兰>(称大批商品用的)大型衡器

发音

其它 /tɹəʊn/

词形变化

trones 复数 trones

别名

tron

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

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相关短语

trone stone trone stones

词源

From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).

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