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单词 barrel
释义 barrel
 /bar"euhl/,  n.  ,  v.  , barreled, barreling or (esp. Brit.) barrelled, barrelling.
  n.  
  1. a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  2. the quantity that such a vessel of some standard size can hold: for most liquids, 311/2 U.S. gallons (119 L); for petroleum, 42 U.S. gallons (159 L); for dry materials, 105 U.S. dry quarts (115 L). Abbr.: bbl
  3. any large quantity: a barrel of fun.
  4. any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel in form.
  5.  Ordn.   the tube of a gun.
  6.  Mach.   the chamber of a pump in which the piston works.
  7. a drum turning on a shaft, as in a weight-driven clock.
  8.  Horol.   the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled.
  9.  Ornith. Obs.   a calamus or quill.
  10. the trunk of a quadruped, esp. of a horse, cow, etc.
  11.  Naut.   the main portion of a capstan, about which the rope winds, between the drumhead at the top and the pawl rim at the bottom.
  12. a rotating horizontal cylinder in which manufactured objects are coated or polished by tumbling in a suitable substance.
  13. any structure having the form of a barrel vault.
  14. Also called throat. Auto. a passageway in a carburetor that has the shape of a Venturi tube.
  15. over a barrel, Informal. in a helpless, weak, or awkward position; unable to act: They really had us over a barrel when they foreclosed the mortgage.
  v.t.  
  16. to put or pack in a barrel or barrels.
  17. to finish (metal parts) by tumbling in a barrel.
  18.  Informal.   to force to go or proceed at high speed: He barreled his car through the dense traffic.
  v.i.  
  19.  Informal.   to travel or drive very fast: to barrel along the highway.
 [1250-1300; ME barell < AF baril, OF barril < VL *barriculum, equiv. to *barric(a), perh. deriv. of LL barra BAR1 + L -ulum -ULE; cf. ML (ca. 800) barriclus small cask]
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