bushels

英 [ˈbʊʃlz]

美 [ˈbʊʃəlz]

n.  蒲式耳(谷物和水果的容量单位，相当于8加仑); 大量; 很多
bushel的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 蒲式耳（农作物的容量单位，相当于8加仑）
  Abushelis a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons.

双语例句

• I'll give you20 bushels for those pesticides.
  我用20蒲式耳玉米换你这些杀虫剂。
• ( British) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.
  （英国）谷物容量单位等于蒲式耳。
• It looks like an idyllic rural spot, where bushels of red chilies hang from the eves of steep-roofed wooden houses and hay wains jostle with shepherds in narrow streets.
  这里本是一片桃源般的所在，木屋的尖顶上挂满了一串串的红辣椒，羊倌们赶着运草料的车在小径上穿梭，人呼马叫。
• The US government forecasts average yields of 146 bushels.
  美国政府预测每英亩玉米产量平均为146蒲式耳。
• US stocks are expected to fall below 1m bushels by the end of the current crop year and some traders see further price increases as inevitable to ration demand.
  预计到当前农事年结束时，美国库存量将降至100万蒲氏耳以下，一些交易员预计，为控制需求，价格进一步上涨将无可避免。
• Next year USDA expects ethanol companies will use another 100m bushels.
  美国农业部预计，乙醇企业下一年的玉米消耗量将增长1亿蒲式耳。
• Seed that yields up to300 bushels per acre.
  每英亩能产三百蒲式耳的种子。
• I got twelve bushels of beans, and eighteen bushels of potatoes, beside some peas and sweet corn.
  我收获蚕豆十二蒲式耳，土豆十八蒲式耳，此外还有若干豌豆和王米。
• Officials forecast US wheat stocks would shrink to their lowest level in 60 years, dropping from 312m bushels to 280m by the end of the 2007-08 crop year.
  有关官员预测，美国小麦库存将跌至60年以来的最低水平，到2007年-08农事年底，将从3.12亿蒲式耳降至2.8亿蒲式耳。
• Now suppose that the United States offers to buy10 million cars from Canada in exchange for20 bushels of wheat per car.
  如果加拿大继续消费10百万辆汽车，则这笔交易导致加拿大可消费小麦数量为？