barrel
英 ['b?r(?)l]
美 ['b?r?l]
- vt. 把……裝入桶內(nèi)
- n. 桶；槍管，炮管
- vi. 快速移動(dòng)
- n. (Barrel)人名；(法、意)巴雷爾
助記提示
1. 之所以叫“木桶”，就是因?yàn)樽畛醯耐笆怯媚竟髯龀傻?，所? barr- "bar" + el => barrel.
中文詞源
barrel 桶詞源同bar, 桿，棍。指用木桿圍的桶。
英文詞源
- barrel (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French baril (12c.) "barrel, cask, vat," with cognates in all Romance languages (such as Italian barile, Spanish barril), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to bar (n.1). Meaning "metal tube of a gun" is from 1640s. Barrel roll in aeronautics is from 1927.
- barrel (v.)
- mid-15c., "to put in barrels," from barrel (n.). Meaning "to move quickly" is 1930, American English slang, perhaps suggestive of a rolling barrel. Related: Barreled; barreling.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel.
- 他們?cè)谝恢簧P的油桶里燒木柴來保暖。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You'll eat so much your belly'll be like a barrel.
- 你會(huì)吃得肚子鼓鼓的，像個(gè)大酒桶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Pork-barrel politicians hand out rents to win votes and influence people.
- 搞分肥撥款的政客為獲得選票、影響民情而發(fā)放房租補(bǔ)貼。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The suppers are always a barrel of laughs.
- 晚餐總是充滿歡笑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Oil prices were closing at $19.76 a barrel.
- 油價(jià)收于每桶19.76美元。
來自柯林斯例句