The Roman pound, it must be remembered, contained only twelve of our avoirdupois ounces.

必须记住，罗马镑只包含们的 avoirdupois 盎司的十二。

I did it in two journeys — this being the only time in my life when I thought of Gibbon in avoirdupois.

次旅行中做到了——这是生命中唯次 avoirdupois 中想到长臂猿。

Twelve copper pence contain half a pound avoirdupois of copper, of not the best quality, which, before it is coined, is seldom worth seven-pence in silver.

十二个含有半磅 avoirdupois 的，质量不是最好的，铸造之前，它很少值七的银子。

An ox hide which weighs four stone of sixteen pounds of avoirdupois, is not in the present times reckoned a bad one; and in those ancient times would probably have been reckoned a very good one.

张重四石的牛皮十六磅 avoirdupois，当今时代算不上是坏的；那些古代可能被认为是非常好的。