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barrel

美 [ˈbærəl]英 [ˈbærəl]
  • n.一桶(的量);枪管;桶(石油计量单位,相当于120到159升)
  • vi.(无法控制地)高速行进,飞驰

复数: barrels 过去式: barrelled 现在分词: barrelling 过去分词: barrelled 第三人称单数: barrels

barr- 栏,障碍 + -el 事件,活动

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noun

1


a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides

a beer/wine barrel

啤酒 / 葡萄酒桶

2

一桶(的量);桶(石油计量单位,相当于120到159升)
the contents of or the amount contained in a barrel ; a unit of measurement in the oil industry equal to between 120 and 159 litres

They got through two barrels of beer.

他们喝了两桶啤酒。

Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel.

石油价格降到了每桶9元。

3

枪管
the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired

习语

very amusing; a lot of fun

最近生活并不十分令人开心。
Life hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.

(to put/have sb) in a situation in which they must accept or do what you want

他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件,要么损失这笔钱。
They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.

including everything

他把生意全盘卖掉了。
He sold the business lock, stock and barrel.

to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available

used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth

你说干不了是什么意思?这不是小事一桩嘛!
What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!

verb

V + adv./prep.(无法控制地)高速行进,飞驰
to move very fast in a particular direction, especially in a way that you cannot control

He came barreling down the hill and smashed into a phone booth.

他沿山坡飞驰下来,撞在了一个电话亭上。

barrel

频次

  • 2
    N-COUNT
    A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.

    The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.

    这葡萄酒已经在橡木桶里存放近一年了。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (石油工业中)一桶的量(相当于159升)
    In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres.

    In 1989, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of oil a day...

    1989年,科威特每天出口150万桶石油。

  • 4
    N-COUNT 枪管
    The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired.

    He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth.

    他把枪管塞进了另一个人的嘴里。

  • 5
    VERB 飞奔;疾驶;高速行驶
    If a vehicle or person is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.

    The car was barreling down the street at a crazy speed.

    这辆车疯了一般沿街疾驶。

  • 6
    See also:pork barrel

  • 7
    PHRASE 全部;完全
    If you say, for example, that someone moves or buys something lock, stock, and barrel, you are emphasizing that they move or buy every part or item of it.

    They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock, stock, and barrel back home.

    他们把在新泽西的花园刨了个遍,然后将里面的东西一样不落地搬回了家。

  • 8
    PHRASE 使…受制于人;使…处于不利地位;迫使…做…
    If someone has you over a barrel, they have put you in a difficult situation where you have little choice but to do what they want you to do.

  • 9
    PHRASE 凑合用劣质的东西;将就行事
    If you say that someone is scraping the barrel, or scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality.

  • 10
    PHRASE 非常有趣的事;笑料不断的开心果
    If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with.

    Weddington is the first to admit she's not exactly a barrel of laughs...

    韦丁顿第一个承认自己其实并不爱搞笑。

noun

1
a cylindrical container that holds liquids
Synonym: cask
2
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
Synonym: gun barrel
3
any of various units of capacity
a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons
Synonym: bbl
4
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
Synonym: barrelful
5
a bulging cylindrical shape;hollow with flat ends
Synonym: drum

verb

1
put in barrels

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  1. Give the barrel a push and it 'll roll over here .

    把桶推一下就轱辘过来了。

  2. Use this wad of cloth to plug the barrel .

    用这软布把桶塞上。

  3. He sold the business lock , stock and barrel .

    他把生意全盘卖掉了。

  4. Oil prices fell to $ 9 a barrel .

    石油价格降到了每桶9元。

  5. They got through two barrels of beer .

    他们喝了两桶啤酒。

  6. During the crisis , oil prices fluctuated between $ 20 and $ 40 a barrel .

    在危机时期,每桶石油价格在20元至40元之间波动。

  7. What do you mean you can 't do it ? It 'll be like shooting fish in a barrel !

    你说干不了是什么意思?这不是小事一桩嘛!

  8. OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day

    石油输出国组织的石油产量保持在每天约2,150万桶。

  9. Oil prices were closing at $ 19.76 a barrel .

    油价收于每桶19.76美元。

  10. You 'll eat so much your belly 'll be like a barrel .

    你会吃得肚子鼓鼓的,像个大酒桶。

  11. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel

    他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。

  12. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels .

    这葡萄酒已经在橡木桶里存放近一年了。

  13. The company buys and sells about 600,000 barrels of oil a day .

    该公司每天买卖约60万桶石油。

  14. With the onset of war , oil prices climbed past $ 30 a barrel .

    战争一爆发,油价就攀过了每桶30美元。

  15. He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man 's open mouth .

    他把枪管塞进了另一个人的嘴里。

  16. Several fishermen sat on wooden barrels , tending their nets .

    几个渔夫坐在木桶上修补渔网。

  17. They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock , stock , and barrel back home .

    他们把在新泽西的花园刨了个遍,然后将里面的东西一样不落地搬回了家。

  18. The agreement sets the ceiling of twenty-two-point-five million barrels a day on OPEC production .

    协议规定,欧佩克每天的原油产量不得超过22,500,000桶。

  19. Weddington is the first to admit she 's not exactly a barrel of laughs

    韦丁顿第一个承认自己其实并不爱搞笑。

  20. The suppers are always a barrel of laughs .

    晚餐总是充满欢笑。

  21. Since 1993 OPEC , the oil cartel dominated by Saudi Arabia , has kept its output constant at around 25m barrels a day .

    自1993年以来,由沙特阿拉伯主导的石油输出国组织欧佩克就一直将石油产量控制在每天2,500万桶左右。

  22. Oil prices remained as low as $ 22 per barrel .

    原油价格保持在每桶22美元的低价位。

  23. Our wine is aged in oak barrels .

    我们的葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。

  24. The wine is left to mature in oak barrels .

    酒存放在橡木桶中酿造。

  25. The children were invited to dip their hands into the barrel for a present .

    孩子们被邀请把手伸进木桶里取礼物。

  26. He had me over a barrel because he knew my carefully-guarded secrets .

    我受制于他,因为他掌握了我严守的秘密。

  27. And while assessments vary widely , geologists estimate that Antarctica holds at least 36 billion barrels of oil and natural gas .

    尽管很多评定各不相同,但地质学家估计南极洲储存至少360亿桶石油和天然气。

  28. Futures   markets ,   which   show   only   a   modest   recovery   ofprices   to   around   $ 60   a   barrel   by   2019 ,   support   this   view .

    期货市场表明,到2019年,油价仅会略有回升至每桶60美元,无形中也支持了上述观点。

  29. The   advent   of   new   technologies   has   added about   4.2   million   barrels   per   day   to   the   crude   oil   market ,   contributing   to   a   global   over-supply .

    新技术的出现使原油市场每天增加约420万桶原油,造成全球石油供应过剩。

  30. Drain off the rest of the wine from this barrel .

    把桶里剩余的酒排出去。

前缀
e-栏,障碍

barrier n. 障碍

barr- 栏,障碍 + -ier 人/物

pail barrel bucket 【导航词义:桶】
pail v. 〈尤美〉桶
〔辨析〕

通常用于装液体之物,一般由木头或金属制成。

〔例证〕

Two pails of water are needed in order to make a meal.

做一顿饭需要两桶水。

How did you clean the milk pail?

你是怎么清理牛奶桶的?

barrel v. 桶;一桶
〔辨析〕

指中间鼓起的大桶,多由木头或金属制成,通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等,也常用作原油的计量单位。

〔例证〕

mpty beer barrels

空啤酒桶

Our wine is aged in oak barrels.

我们的葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。

Oil prices remained as low as $22 per barrel.

原油价格保持在每桶22美元的低价位。

bucket v.
〔辨析〕

可装各种东西,尤指液体之物。

〔例证〕

He can lift two buckets of water at the same time.

他可以同时提起两桶水。

She stored the cracked wheat in a bucket.

她把碾碎的小麦储存在桶里。

  • 词语搭配
  • 习语

barrel与以下词性连用

n.

wine barrel

酒桶

barrel of oil

一桶原油

bottom of the barrel

劣质的东西

prep.

n.

a barrel of laughs

很有趣;开心;快乐
very amusing; a lot of fun

Life hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.

最近生活并不十分令人开心。

(get/have sb) over a barrel

(使某人)听从摆布,处于被动地位
(to put/have sb) in a situation in which they must accept or do what you want

They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.

他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件,要么损失这笔钱。

lock, stock and barrel

全部;所有
including everything

He sold the business lock, stock and barrel.

他把生意全盘卖掉了。

scrape (the bottom of) the barrel

(因别无选择)将就,凑合
to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available

be like shooting fish in a barrel

易如反掌;探囊取物;手到擒来
used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth

What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!

你说干不了是什么意思?这不是小事一桩嘛!