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

• He asked the waiter to bring him a cask of sherry.
  他叫侍者给他拿一桶雪利酒。
• The cask is capable of holding 8 gallons.
  这个桶能装八加仑。
• Drums with larger openings are considered to be of the removable head type. the cask was set abroach.
  开口更大的钢桶将视为活动盖钢桶。这个木桶是开着口的。
• They sell cider at 10 dollars a cask.
  他们以每桶十美元的价钱出售苹果酒。
• 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 ushered me through the back door, past neat stacks of hand-split applewood, to a wooden tank, like a giant wine cask cut in half, covered in moss and dripping water through its swollen slats.
  他带我穿过后门，经过整齐的手劈苹果木柴堆，来到一个木制水池前。水池像一劈两半的大葡萄桶，布满苔藓，膨胀的木板条间滴着水，池边围着铁丝网。
• A large cask ( especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons).
  大的桶（尤其容量相当于大桶或加仑）。
• 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。
• He is tapping the cask of cider.
  他正在打开桶的活塞从里面汲取苹果酒。
• We found each cask leak more or less.
  我们发现每桶都有或多或少的流漏现象。