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grain

/ɡɹeɪn/

Meanings

noun

Examples :

我们储存了一千吨谷物,以备过冬。
noun

格令

A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.

Examples :

药剂师小心翼翼地称量药物,使用一台非常精确的秤,可以精确到格令。