a unit of weight equal to a hundredweight (112 lb) or, formerly, 100 lb 英担(英制重量单位,等于现在的112磅或原来的100磅) ■a unit of weight equal to 100 kg 公担(公制重量单位,等于100公斤)
语源
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic kintār, based on Latin centenarius 'containing a hundred'