bushel 音标拼音: [b'ʊʃəl]
n . 蒲式尔(容量等于八加仑)
vt .
vi . 修补
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bushel n 1 :
a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152 .
42 cubic inches 2 :
a British imperial capacity measure (
liquid or dry )
equal to 4 pecks v 1 :
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken ; "
She repaired her TV set "; "
Repair my shoes please " [
synonym : {
repair }, {
mend }, {
fix }, {
bushel }, {
doctor },
{
furbish up }, {
restore }, {
touch on }] [
ant : {
break }, {
bust }]
Bushel \
Bush "
el \ (
b [.
u ]
sh "[
e ^]
l ),
n . [
OE .
buschel ,
boischel ,
OF .
boissel ,
bussel ,
boistel ,
F .
boisseau ,
LL .
bustellus ;
dim .
of bustia ,
buxida (
OF .
boiste ),
fr .
pyxida ,
acc .
of L .
pyxis box ,
Gr .
pyxi `
s .
Cf . {
Box }.]
1 .
A dry measure ,
containing four pecks ,
eight gallons ,
or thirty -
two quarts .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The Winchester bushel ,
formerly used in England ,
contained 2150 .
42 cubic inches ,
being the volume of a cylinder 181 /
2 inches in internal diameter and eight inches in depth .
The standard bushel measures ,
prepared by the United States Government and distributed to the States ,
hold each 77 .
6274 pounds of distilled water ,
at 39 .
8 [
deg ]
Fahr .
and 30 inches atmospheric pressure ,
being the equivalent of the Winchester bushel .
The imperial bushel now in use in England is larger than the Winchester bushel ,
containing 2218 .
2 cubic inches ,
or 80 pounds of water at 62 [
deg ]
Fahr .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel ,
used in measuring ;
a bushel measure .
[
1913 Webster ]
Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel ,
or under a bed ,
and not to be set on a candlestick ?
--
Mark iv .
21 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A quantity that fills a bushel measure ;
as ,
a heap containing ten bushels of apples .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In the United States a large number of articles ,
bought and sold by the bushel ,
are measured by weighing ,
the number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by State law or by local custom .
For some articles ,
as apples ,
potatoes ,
etc .,
heaped measure is required in measuring a bushel .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A large indefinite quantity . [
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold ,
without counting the weight or the number of the pieces . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
The iron lining in the nave of a wheel . [
Eng .]
In the United States it is called a box .
See 4th {
Bush }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Bushel \
Bush "
el \,
v .
t . &
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Busheled },
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Busheling }.] [
Cf .
G .
bosseln .] (
Tailoring )
To mend or repair ,
as men '
s garments ;
to repair garments . [
U .
S .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
BUSHEL ,
measure .
The Winchester bushel ,
established by the 13 W .
III .
c .
5 ,
A .
D .
1701 ,
was made the standard of grain ;
a cylindrical vessel ,
eighteen and a half inches in diameter ,
and eight inches deep inside ,
contains a bushel ;
the capacity is 2145 .
42 cubic inches .
By law or usage it is established in most of the United States .
The exceptions ,
as far as known ,
are Connecticut ,
where the bushel holds 2198 cubic inches Kentucky ,
2150 2 /
3 ;
Indiana ,
Ohio ,
Mississippi and Missouri ,
where it contains 2150 .
4 cubic inches .
Dane '
s Ab .
c .
211 ,
a .
12 ,
s .
4 .
See the whole subject discussed in report of the Secretary of State of the United States to the Senate ,
Feb .
22 ,
1821 .
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