litre: [19] Litre goes back to Greek lītrā, a term which denoted a Sicilian monetary unit. This found its way via medieval Latin litrā into French as litron, where it was used for a unit of capacity. By the 18th century it had rather fallen out of use, but in 1793 it was revived, in the form litre, as the name for the basic unit of capacity in the new metric system.
It is first recorded in English in 1810. The Greek word was descended from an earlier, unrecorded *līthrā, which was borrowed into Latin as lībra ‘pound’. This is the source of various modern terms for units of weight, and hence of currency, including Italian lira and the now disused French livre, and it also lies behind the English symbol £ for ‘pound’. => level, lira
litre 英文释义
1. a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints)
litre 双语例句
1. New Japanese cars averaged 13 km to the litre in 1981.
1981年，新型的日产汽车平均每升汽油能跑13千米。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In that 2.7-litre form it really was a terrific racing car.
其2.7升的车型确实是非常棒的赛车。
来自柯林斯例句
3. This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre.
这项税收会使每升汽油价格提高约3.5便士。
来自柯林斯例句
4. One tablet will purify a litre of water.
一丸即可净化一升水。
来自《权威词典》
5. Litre is a unit of capacity in the metric system.
升是公制测量中的一个单位.
来自《简明英汉词典》
litre 实用场景例句
New Japanese cars averaged 13 km to the litre in 1981.
1981年，新型的日产汽车平均每升汽油能跑13千米。
柯林斯例句
In that 2.7-litre form it really was a terrific racing car.
其2.7升的车型确实是非常棒的赛车。
柯林斯例句
This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre.
这项税收会使每升汽油价格提高约3.5便士。
柯林斯例句
One tablet will purify a litre of water.
一丸即可净化一升水。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Litre is a metric denomination.
升是公制单位.
《简明英汉词典》
The company's latest newcomer is a 4 x 4 estate with a 2.2 litre petrol engine.
公司最近新到了一辆有2.2升汽油发动机的4x4客货两用车。
柯林斯例句
For the real speed freak, there is a 2 - litre, fuel - injection version of the car.
对于那些玩命追求极速的车迷, 有种2升 、 燃料喷射的车型.
《简明英汉词典》
He polished off a large steak, salad, broccoli swimming in thick sauce, and half a litre of wine.
他狼吞虎咽地吃下了一大块牛排、很多色拉和浸着浓稠酱汁的花耶菜，还喝了半升红酒。
柯林斯例句
It costs £10.86 for one litre including carriage.
连运费在内，每升花费10.86英镑。
辞典例句
The extra half - litre was already working on him.
多喝的 半 公升已在他身上发生了作用.
英汉文学
He emptied his glass and ordered another half litre of wine.
他喝干了杯里的酒又要了半升酒.
辞典例句
Barium is found in some oilfield brines in concentrations greater than 100 mg / litre.
