litre

noun

1. 升（容量单位，等于英国的1.76品脱或美国的2.11品脱）
   a unit for measuring volume, equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints
   1. 3 litres of water
      3升水
   2. a litre bottle of wine
      一升容量的瓶装酒
   3. a car with a 3.5 litre engine
      配有3.5升发动机的汽车

in AM, use 美国英语用 liter


1. N-COUNT 升（米制容量单位，等于1.76英国品脱或2.11美国品脱）
   A litre is a metric unit of volume that is a thousand cubic centimetres. It is equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints.
   1. ...15 litres of water...
      15升水
   2. 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。
   3. ...a Ford Escort with a 1.9-litre engine.
      装配1.9升发动机的福特雅士

1. It costs £ 10.86 for one litre including carriage
   连运费在内，每升花费10.86英镑。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. A litre of gas has less mass than a litre of water.
   一升气体的质量少于一升水的质量。
6. It's cheap there, well a litre of whisky was two pounds.
   那儿东西便宜，嗨，1升威士忌酒才2英镑。
7. Oil product prices remain above the 80 cents per litre Chinese motorists pay at the pump.
   石油产品价格仍高于中国驾车者在加油站支付的每升80美分。
8. The system consists of the control unit housing the pumps and a 2 Litre dewar.
   冷却系统由装有泵的控制器和2升液氮罐组成。
9. Should I get a two-litre bottle of lemonade, or will one litre be enough?
   我应该弄两公升一瓶的柠檬水，还是一公升一瓶的就足够了？
10. The tax increase will add4p to a litre of leaded petrol.
    含铅汽油每升所需交税将提高4便士。
11. Each litre was found to contain up to40000 animals, many of them species new to science.
    他们发现每升海水中含有多达四万种的动物，而其中有许多是新物种。
12. Yesterday, I ate a whole litre of ice-cream.
    昨天，我吃了整整一升雪糕。
13. One litre is equal to1.76 imperial pints.
    一升等于1.76英制品航。
14. Last month it cost 28 per cent more to buy a litre of petrol than a year earlier.
    上个月，每升汽油的成本比去年同期贵了28%。
15. Barium is found in some oilfield brines in concentrations greater than 100mg/ litre.
    在有些油田卤水中，钡的浓度大于100毫克／升。
16. 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。
17. Petrol in Iran is40 centres a litre and gas next to nothing we are told.
    在伊朗的汽油每公升40和天然气中心旁边有人告诉我们什么。
18. The distance between the upper and lower mark roughly corresponds to one litre of oil.
    上下标记之间的距离大致相当于一公升石油。
19. Tourist: And a litre is one point seven pints, and a kilo is two point two pounds.
    游客：所以，一公升等于一点七品脱，而一公斤等于二点二磅。
20. Milk costs 30p a litre.
    牛奶每升价格三十便士。
21. Nearly all participants drank black tea regularly, on average drinking over a litre a day.
    几乎所有的参与者都有喝红茶的习惯，并且平均每人每天至少饮用一公升。
22. The capacity of this bottle is one litre.
    这个瓶子的容量是1公升。
23. The glass is a litre measure.
    这杯子是个一升的量器。
24. Calculate the average volume of water, in litre, in a beaker.
    以升为单位，计算每个烧杯里的平均体积。
25. A level of100mg per litre is considered enough to impair brain development in children.
    对于一个孩子来说每公升血液中还有100毫克的铅就足以被认为会损害大脑发展。

noun

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions

   Synonym:    literlcubic decimetercubic decimetre