English Dictionary

acre

/ˈeɪ.kə/

noun

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

He owns a large acre of land.

意味（1）

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

意味（2）

(Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.

意味（3）

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

意味（4）

(informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.

I like my new house - there’s acres of space!

意味（5）

(informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.

意味（6）

(obsolete) A field.

意味（7）

(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).

意味（8）

(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.