cask

英 [kɑːsk]

美 [kæsk]

n.  小木桶; 酒桶; 一桶(的量)

复数：casks　

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BNC.16695 / COCA.20493

牛津词典

noun

• 小木桶；酒桶；一桶（的量）
  a small wooden barrel used for storing liquids, especially alcoholic drinks; the amount contained in a cask
  1. a wine cask/a cask of wine
     酒桶；一桶酒

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 木桶;(尤指)酒桶
  Acaskis a wooden barrel that is used for storing things, especially alcoholic drink.
  1. ...casks of sherry.
     一桶桶雪利酒

英英释义

noun

• a cylindrical container that holds liquids
  Synonym:barrel
• the quantity a cask will hold
  Synonym:caskful

双语例句

• And thereupon he sat down across the brandy cask, and began to fill a pipe.
  说着，他就坐到了白兰地酒桶上，开始装烟斗。
• Coining the phrase and describing "the criminal defense cask".
  提出并论证了“刑事辩护木桶说”。
• Tartar forms on the inside of a cask in which wine is fermented.
  酒石形成于酒的发酵桶的内侧。
• The capacity of the mixing cask is about forty-one cubic feet.
  混合箱的容积约等于41立方英尺。
• To draw off ( a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.
  钻孔汲取通过在桶或其它容器上钻孔来汲取（液体）
• So that I had near sixty pound of very good powder in the center of the cask, and this was an agreeable discovery to me at that time;
  我从桶里弄到了差不多六十磅好火药，这真是一个可喜的收获。
• The train is hauling a so-called CASTOR convoy, named after the type of container carried: Cask for Storage and Transport Of Radioactive material.
  这列火车是拖一个所谓的脚轮车队，后进行命名容器类型：储存和运输放射性材料的木桶。
• He is tapping the cask of cider.
  他正在打开桶的活塞从里面汲取苹果酒。
• The pirates were in possession of the house and stores: there was the cask of cognac, there were the pork and bread, as before; and, what tenfold increased my horror, not a sign of any prisoner.
  海盗们已经占领了木屋，夺取了食品给养。白兰地、猪肉和面包还在老地方，但屋里没有一个俘虏，所以我的恐惧感立刻增加了十倍。
• The cask is capable of holding 8 gallons.
  这个桶能装八加仑。