英语词汇“barrel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

barrelbarrel1 /ˈbærəl/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYbarrel¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French baril

1a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal: a beer barrel2 (also barrelful) the amount of liquid that a barrel contains, used especially as a measure of oil: The area may contain up to 2 billion barrels of oil.3the part of a gun that the bullets are fired through4have somebody over a barrel to put someone in a situation in which he or she is forced to accept or do what you want: You’ve got him over a barrel, so tell him you want a raise or you’ll quit.5be a barrel of laughs [often in negatives] to be very enjoyable: It wasn’t a barrel of laughs, but I learned a lot. → see also lock, stock, and barrel at lock2 (3), pork barrel, scrape the bottom of the barrel at scrape1 (4)

noun | verb

barrelbarrel2 verb [intransitive]

VERB TABLE

barrel

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	barrel
	he, she, it	barrels
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	barreled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have barreled
	he, she, it	has barreled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had barreled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will barrel
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have barreled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am barreling
	he, she, it	is barreling
	you, we, they	are barreling
Past	I, he, she, it	was barreling
	you, we, they	were barreling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been barreling
	he, she, it	has been barreling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been barreling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be barreling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been barreling

informal to move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way: Smith barreled into him, knocking him over.