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词汇 pennyweight
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Definition of pennyweight in English:

pennyweight

noun ˈpɛnɪweɪtˈpɛniˌweɪt
  • A unit of weight, 24 grains or one twentieth of an ounce troy.

    本尼威特(重量单位,等于24格令或金衡盎司的1/20)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are each to be of the value of half a cent, and to contain five pennyweights and a half a pennyweight of copper.
    • One troy pound weighs 373.25 g and is subdivided into troy ounces, pennyweight and grains (gr, 24 in a pennyweight).
    • Both agreed there was gold - one suggesting up to two and a half ounces per ton of quartz, the other ‘equal to one ounce eleven pennyweights per ton.’
    • Gold is measured using troy weights (as opposed to the more familiar avoirdupois weights): 24 grains make a pennyweight, and 20 pennyweights make a 31.1-gram troy ounce.
    • The measured weights of these nut spoons are nine and seven pennyweights, respectively, below the average weight of this piece.

Definition of pennyweight in US English:

pennyweight

nounˈpenēˌwātˈpɛniˌweɪt
  • A unit of weight, 24 grains or one twentieth of an ounce troy.

    本尼威特(重量单位,等于24格令或金衡盎司的1/20)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are each to be of the value of half a cent, and to contain five pennyweights and a half a pennyweight of copper.
    • One troy pound weighs 373.25 g and is subdivided into troy ounces, pennyweight and grains (gr, 24 in a pennyweight).
    • The measured weights of these nut spoons are nine and seven pennyweights, respectively, below the average weight of this piece.
    • Both agreed there was gold - one suggesting up to two and a half ounces per ton of quartz, the other ‘equal to one ounce eleven pennyweights per ton.’
    • Gold is measured using troy weights (as opposed to the more familiar avoirdupois weights): 24 grains make a pennyweight, and 20 pennyweights make a 31.1-gram troy ounce.
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