| 单词 | firkin |
| 释义 | firkin (once / 21848 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY firkin: firkins USAGE EXAMPLESBreweries from all over the area bring firkins of their beer to the Penn Quarter brewpub for a night of tasting. Washington Post(Sep 21, 2016) In the flesh, Ruth Davidson, 37, is a firkin of fun, speaks with a machine-gun delivery and can hold her own. BBC(Jan 13, 2016) But after one hundred years, it really is time to consign it to history, along with shillings, dreymen, and firkins. Forbes(May 14, 2015) 1 n a small wooden keg 2Hyper keg small cask or barrel n a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons Hyper British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet |
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