| 单词 | barrel |
| 释义 | barrel (bærəl ) Word forms: barrels , barrelling , barrelled regional note: in AM, use barreling, barreled 1. countable noun A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels. ...barrels of pickled fish. Synonyms: cask, drum, butt, vat 2. countable noun In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres. Fully operational, the pipe can pump one million barrels of oil a day. [+ of] Oil prices were closing at $19.76 a barrel. 3. countable noun [noun NOUN] The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired. The light caught the barrel of the gun. [+ of] 4. verb If a vehicle or person is barrelling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction. [mainly US] The car was barreling down the street at a crazy speed. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: cannon 5. See also pork barrel 6. lock, stock, and barrel phrase If you say, for example, that someone moves or buys something lock, stock, and barrel, you are emphasizing that they move or buy every part or item of it. [emphasis] They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock, stock, and barrel back home. 7. have someone over a barrel phrase [VERB inflects] If someone has you over a barrel, they have put you in a difficult situation where you have little choice but to do what they want you to do. [informal] 8. to scrape the barrel phrase If you say that someone is scraping the barrel, or scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality. [informal, disapproval] 9. a barrel of laughs phrase [oft with brd-neg] If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with. [mainly British, informal] The suppers are always a barrel of laughs. Idioms: something is like shooting fish in a barrel said to mean that one side in a battle or contest is so much stronger than the other that the weaker side has no chance at all of winning I heard one case where some of the enemy soldiers had come out and they were saying it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers scrape the bottom of the barrel or scrape the barrel to use something or do something that is not very good, because you cannot think of anything better to use or do The game designers were scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas when they came up with this one. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers have someone over a barrel to have put someone in a position where they cannot possibly win The unions wish they had more options. Jobs are tight, they know that, and they feel management has them over a barrel. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers lock, stock, and barrel completely or including every part of something It would have been much easier for us to have shut the business down lock, stock and barrel, and to have saved our cash and not paid a dividend. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: barrel of oil He estimates that, with one barrel of oil comprising 42 gallons, each tonne of oil shale contains approximately 25 gallons. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The sustained rise in energy prices has led some to forecast that a barrel of oil could be trading for more than $70 within the next year. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The cost of a barrel of oil depends on how and where it is produced. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The first problem was weight: the standard empty barrel weighed 64 lb, representing 20% of the total weight of a full barrel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the lower barrel fired, a gas hole between the barrels pressurized the empty barrel enough to eject the case rearward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The empty barrel can then be reloaded for its next turn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He later set up as a general merchant which failed after a short period of time leaving a few empty barrels to pay his creditors with. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Empty barrels were used as rafts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have a large climbing hydrangea planted in a 30in oak barrel at the front of our house. Times, Sunday Times She explained how it was made - it was macerated for six months in an oak barrel. Times, Sunday Times This machine was an airtight oak barrel that allowed the diver to submerge long enough to retrieve underwater material. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a slate roof above an oak barrel roof and a three stage west tower. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After fermentation, the oak barrel aging regiment will vary with the length of time and proportion of new oak barrels that are used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consisted of a much thicker steel barrel with wrought-iron jackets shrunk over it and as originally introduced weighed 81 cwt (9072 pounds). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Light and reliable due to combination of light-alloy frame and steel barrel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consisted of a steel barrel with wrought-iron coils shrunk over it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 4130 ordnance steel barrel has a spring-loaded collar to ensure an accurate lock between the receiver and the polymer fore end and the fully adjustable front sight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Industrial gas canisters adapted with detonation cord to blow them open, and launched in steel barrels from helicopters, have been recovered, and photographed by reporters after previous raids. Times, Sunday Times This constant bulge makes it easier to roll a well-built wooden barrel on its side, changing directions with little friction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Typically, small cucumbers are placed in a glass or ceramic vessel or a wooden barrel, together with a variety of spices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wooden barrel vault and the interior has painting decoration from the late 1700s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A spout and handle were added at this time and the wooden barrel was covered with tin to form the teapot's shape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Essentially a wooden barrel about 6 ft in length with two holes for the diver's arms sealed with leather cuffs, and a 4in mm viewport of thick glass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 桶 Japanese: 樽 |
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