ton

ton S3 / tʌn / 名词 [可数名词]

1 ( 复数形式 tons or ton ) ( written abbreviation t ) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2,240 pounds or 1,016 kilograms in Britain, and 2,000 pounds or 907.2 kilograms in the US → tonne

2 tons of something informal a lot of something :

I’ve got tons of work to do.

3 weigh a ton informal to be very heavy :

Your bag weighs a ton!

4 come down on somebody like a ton of bricks informal to get very angry with someone about something they have done

5 hit somebody like a ton of bricks American English informal to have a strong emotional effect on someone