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barrel

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bar·rel1 /ˈbærəl/ ●●○ noun [countableC]
1 barrel.jpg DTa large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal, and used for storing beer, wine etc 〔中間鼓起的〕桶
The wine is aged in oak barrels.
這種葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陳的。
barrel of
barrels of beer
一桶桶啤酒
4  See picture of 見圖 CONTAINER5 see picture at 見圖 container
2 a unit of measurement for oil, equal to 159 litres 桶〔石油計量單位,相當於159升〕
barrel of
two million barrels of oil
兩百萬桶石油
3. PMWthe part of a gun that the bullets are fired through 槍管;炮管
4 have somebody over a barrel FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want 使某人處於被動[不利]的地位
The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs.
經理迫使我們就範,要麽星期六上班,要麽丢掉工作。
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5 be a barrel of laughs [often in negatives]ENJOY/LIKE DOING something to be very enjoyable 很好玩
Life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment.
眼下的生活景況不容樂觀。
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pork barrel, → scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at scrape1(5), → lock, stock, and barrel at lock2(3)
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barrel2 verb [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmE informal
FAST/QUICKto move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way 高速行駛,飛奔;〔尤指失控地〕飛馳
A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car.
一輛汽車從購物中心飛也似地沖出來,一頭撞到了我車子的一側。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
barrelbar·rel /ˈbærəl/ noun [countableC]
1TRANSPORTa large round container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing and carrying liquids such as oil and beer
barrels of beer
2an amount of a liquid contained in a barrel, used as unit of measurement, especially in the oil industry
There were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 a barrel.
The country produces more than 650,000 barrels per day of crude oil.
see also pork barrel
Origin barrel1
(1200-1300) Old French baril
bar·rel1 nounbarrel2 verb
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