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    barrel 的英语意思

    barrelbarrel1 /ˈbærəl/ noun [countable] 查看全部语言翻译1a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal, and used for storing beer, wine etc桶;顶部和底部为平面、侧面弯曲的大型容器,以木或金属制成,用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等:  The wine is aged in oak barrels.这款葡萄酒在橡木桶中陈酿。barrel of barrels of beer数桶啤酒2a unit of measurement for oil, equal to 159 litres桶(石油计量单位,等于159升)barrel of two million barrels of oil两百万桶石油3the part of a gun that the bullets are fired through枪管;枪的子弹射出时经过的管状部分4have somebody over a barrel to put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want使某人陷入被迫接受或顺从自己意愿的处境:  The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs.经理让我们进退两难——要么周六上班,要么丢工作。5be a barrel of laughs [often in negatives] to be very enjoyable非常有趣;令人十分愉快:  Life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment.生活目前谈不上多么有趣。 pork barrel, → scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at scrape1(5), → lock, stock, and barrel at lock2(3)
    barrelbarrel2 verb [intransitive] American English informal非正式 to move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way快速移动,尤指以失控的方式:  A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car.一辆车从购物中心猛冲出来,撞上了我车的侧面。