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词汇 acre-foot
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Definition of acre-foot in English:

acre-foot

nounPlural acre-feet
  • A unit of volume equal to the volume of a sheet of water one acre (0.405 hectare) in area and one foot (30.48 cm) in depth; 43,560 cubic feet (1233.5 cubic metres).

    英亩-英尺(容积、容量单位,相当于面积为一英亩,即0.405公顷,深1英尺,即30.48厘米的一片水域的容积;合43, 560立方英尺,即1, 233.5立方米)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • About 27 million acre-feet of water (8.5 trillion gallons, to be somewhat more precise), backed up behind 580-foot Glen Canyon Dam.
    • At $5 to $15 for an acre-foot (enough water to cover an acre of ground with a foot of water), farmers are able to grow water-intensive crops such as alfalfa, cotton, and rice.
    • Dams less than 10 feet in height and having a storage capacity of not more than 50 acre-feet of water.
    • In 1986, irrigated pasture used about 5.3 million acre-feet of water - as much as all 27 million people in the state consumed, including for swimming pools and lawns…
    • When the dam broke on June 8, 1964, it spilled sixteen thousand acre-feet of water, killed thirty-two people, and caused an estimated $62 million in property damage.

Definition of acre-foot in US English:

acre-foot

noun
  • A unit of volume equal to the volume of a sheet of water one acre (0.405 hectare) in area and one foot (30.48 cm) in depth; 43,560 cubic feet (1233.5 cu m).

    英亩-英尺(容积、容量单位,相当于面积为一英亩,即0.405公顷,深1英尺,即30.48厘米的一片水域的容积;合43, 560立方英尺,即1, 233.5立方米)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the dam broke on June 8, 1964, it spilled sixteen thousand acre-feet of water, killed thirty-two people, and caused an estimated $62 million in property damage.
    • Dams less than 10 feet in height and having a storage capacity of not more than 50 acre-feet of water.
    • At $5 to $15 for an acre-foot (enough water to cover an acre of ground with a foot of water), farmers are able to grow water-intensive crops such as alfalfa, cotton, and rice.
    • In 1986, irrigated pasture used about 5.3 million acre-feet of water - as much as all 27 million people in the state consumed, including for swimming pools and lawns…
    • About 27 million acre-feet of water (8.5 trillion gallons, to be somewhat more precise), backed up behind 580-foot Glen Canyon Dam.
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