barrel

名詞

1. 1

   桶、木桶

   They stored the wine in oak barrels for two years.

   他們把葡萄酒放在橡木桶裡存放了兩年。

2. 2

   一桶（的量）

   We went through three barrels of beer at the festival.

   我們在慶典上喝掉了三桶啤酒。

3. 3

   桶石油計量單位

   Oil prices rose to eighty dollars a barrel this week.

   本週油價漲到每桶八十美元。

4. 4

   槍管、砲管

   He cleaned the barrel of the rifle after practice.

   練習結束後他清理了步槍的槍管。

動詞

1. 1

   飛馳、疾駛口語

   A truck came barreling down the hill toward us.

   一輛卡車沿著山坡朝我們飛馳而來。

2. 2

   裝桶

   The cider is barreled and stored in a cool cellar.

   蘋果酒裝桶後存放在陰涼的地窖裡。

片語

1. 1

   受制於人、任人擺布口語

   Without other buyers, we had them over a barrel.

   沒有其他買家，他們只能任我們擺布。

相關片語

• like shooting fish in a barrel
• scrape the bottom of the barrel