| 单词 | barrel |
| 释义 | barrel (once / 265 pages) nv A barrel is a big container used to store liquids. If you're moving a barrel, it's best to tip it on its side because its shape bulges at the center, so that it's easy to roll. Barrels hold liquid in them — anything from wine to beer to oil. A barrel can also be the tube in a gun that a bullet travels through. You might hear the expression "stare down the barrel of a gun," which means you're looking at a gun pointed right at your face. A barrel is also used as a unit of measure or to refer to a large unit of measure. When someone says they are having "barrels of fun," they're having a really great time. WORD FAMILYbarrel: barreled, barrelful, barreling, barrelling, barrels+/barreled: unbarreled/barrelful: barrelfuls USAGE EXAMPLESInternational Brent crude oil LCOc1 was yet to trade after closing up 68 cents at $56.82 per barrel on Friday. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) The 128th annual parade got started Monday with an added police presence and measures to prevent a vehicle from barreling into the route. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Businesses across the region also serve as Toy Drop Locations, filling up barrels with the Dagger’s Toy Run logo printed on them. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends Syn|Hyper drum cylinder a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line 2n a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired Syn|Hyper gun barrel tube, tubing conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases 3n a cylindrical container that holds liquids Syn|Hypo|Hyper cask beer barrel, beer keg a barrel that holds beer butta large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) hogsheada large cask especially one holding 63 gals kegsmall cask or barrel pickle barrela barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled shooka disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment tuna large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals wine barrel, wine caska barrel that holds wine firkina small wooden keg powder kegkeg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder water butta butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater vessel an object used as a container (especially for liquids) 4n the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold Syn|Hyper barrelful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 5n any of various units of capacity a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons Syn|Hyper bbl United States liquid unit a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unita unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet 6v put in barrels Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location |
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