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

单词

have someone over a barrel

释义

barrel /barˈəl/

noun

A wooden container made of curved staves bound with hoops
Its contents or its capacity (36 imperial gallons of ale and beer; 35 imperial gallons, 42 US gallons, of oil; various weights or quantities of other goods)
A revolving drum
A cylinder eg of a capstan
A hollow cylinder eg of a pen or quill
A tube eg of a gun
A toggle-button
The trunk of a horse, etc
A roly-poly person (informal)
A large quantity, a lot (eg of fun) (informal)

transitive verb (barr'elling; barr'elled)

To put in barrels

intransitive verb (N American)

To travel or move very quickly, drive very fast

ORIGIN: OFr baril; perh connected with bar¹

barrˈelage noun

A quantity of barrels

barrˈelful noun (pl barrˈelfuls)

As much as a barrel will hold

barrˈelled adjective

barrˈel-bulk noun

A measure of capacity of 5 cubic feet

barrel-chestˈed adjective

Having a large, rounded, projecting ribcage

barrˈelhouse noun (N American)

A cheap saloon

adjective

(of jazz) crude and rough in style

barrel organ noun

A mechanical instrument for playing tunes by means of a revolving drum set with pins and turned by a handle

barrel roll noun (aerobatics)

A complete revolution on the longitudinal axis

barrel vault noun

A vault with a simple semi-cylindrical roof

barrˈel-vaulted adjective

have someone over a barrel

To be in a position to get whatever one wants from someone

on the barrelhead (US)

On the spot, without delay, as payment

scrape the (bottom of the) barrel

To utilize the very last of one's resources
To turn to something or someone as a last resort, reluctantly and perhaps not without humiliation

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