barrel

名词

1. 1

   桶、木桶

   They stored the wine in oak barrels for two years.

   他们把葡萄酒放在橡木桶里存放了两年。

2. 2

   一桶（的量）

   We went through three barrels of beer at the festival.

   我们在庆典上喝掉了三桶啤酒。

3. 3

   桶石油计量单位

   Oil prices rose to eighty dollars a barrel this week.

   本周油价涨到每桶八十美元。

4. 4

   枪管、砲管

   He cleaned the barrel of the rifle after practice.

   练习结束后他清理了步枪的枪管。

动词

1. 1

   飞驰、疾驶口语

   A truck came barreling down the hill toward us.

   一辆卡车沿著山坡朝我们飞驰而来。

2. 2

   装桶

   The cider is barreled and stored in a cool cellar.

   苹果酒装桶后存放在阴凉的地窖里。

片语

1. 1

   受制于人、任人摆布口语

   Without other buyers, we had them over a barrel.

   没有其他买家，他们只能任我们摆布。

相关片语

• like shooting fish in a barrel
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