1.加仑〔液体=4夸脱 (quarts);〔英国〕固体=1/8蒲式耳 (bushel)〕
1.a unit for measuring an amount of liquid, especially gas or water. In the U.S., a gallon is equal to 3.79 liters. In the U.K., a gallon is equal to 4.55 liters. A gallon contains 8 pints or 4 quarts
1.The Indians don't even understand why we think of it as a problem because most people in India fill two or three gallons every time.
印度人民根本不了解为什么这是一个问题，因为大部分人在印度每次只加2到3加仑汽油。
2.From that reservoir a mile and more below the surface, cold water leapt high into the air at the fantastic rate of 4, 800 gallons a minute.
冷水从地下一英里多深的储层里，以难以想象的每分钟4,800加仑的极大流量喷向高空。
3.With an annual capacity of 100 million gallons a year, it is the largest biodiesel production facility in the United States.
该工厂年生产能力达1亿加仑，是美国最大的生物柴油工厂。
4.Those pipes. . . suck up the chocolate and carry it away all over the factory. Thousands of gallons an hour.
大家看，那些管道……把巧克力吸起来，并且运送到工厂，一个小时成千上万加仑。
5.One robot can clean up to 3, 000 gallons of water per minute, scrubbing the affected area in just a few days.
一位机器人每分钟能清洁3000加仑（约合11吨）水。只要几天时间，它就可以让污染区域焕然一新。
6.Just as the rate of the flow of water can be measured in gallons per second, so is the rate of the flow of electricity measured in amperes.
电流的流量用安培来计算，正像水的流量能够用每秒加仑数来计量一样。
7.If so, the 45, 000 gallons so far sprayed at depth may have done more good than all the spraying at the surface.
如果是这样的话，到目前为止喷洒的45000加仑的分散剂在底部喷洒会比全部在海水表面喷洒的效果要好的多。
8.He never ate any food at all. Instead, he drank gallons of strong cider which he made from the apples in his orchard.
他根本就不吃什么东西，而是饮用大量的烈性苹果酒，这种酒是他用自己苹果园里的苹果酿制的。
9.Only a year ago, the worst oil spill in American history slathered millions of gallons of oil across Louisiana's coast.
仅仅一年前，在美国历史上最严重的石油泄漏slathered整个路易斯安那州沿海的数百万加仑的石油。
10.If astronauts were to visit this crater, they might be able to use eight wheelbarrows of soil to melt 10 to 13 gallons of water.
宇航员如有机会造访此陨石坑，他们可能要用8个手推车搬运泥土融解10至13加仑的冰水。