单词 | metrete |
释义 | metrete Antiq.|mɪˈtriːt| Also 7 mettret. [ad. L. metrēta, ad. Gr. µετρητής, f. µετρεῖν to measure, f. µέτρον: see metre n.1] An ancient Greek liquid measure, equivalent to about 9 gallons.
1388Wyclif John ii. 6 There weren set sixe stonun cannes,..holdynge ech tweyne ether thre metretis. c1420Pallad. on Husb. xi. 443 Of fynest must in oon metrete. 1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 56 These cups..helde more then two mettrets. 1890Century Dict. s.v., The Attic, Macedonian, and Spanish metrete was about 40 liters... In Egypt the artaba was sometimes called a metrete. |

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