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

• They sell cider at 10 dollars a cask.
  他们以每桶十美元的价钱出售苹果酒。
• He asked the waiter to bring him a cask of sherry.
  他叫侍者给他拿一桶雪利酒。
• 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）。
• 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）
• 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。
• He drew some cognac from the cask into a tin cannikin.
  他从酒桶里倒了一些白兰地到一只小锡杯里。
• 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 vadility of the technique is demonstrated by simulating impact response of axisymmetric spent nuclear fuel-shipping cask.
  该方法的有效性通过模拟核废料装运捅的冲击响应得到了验证。
• The cask is capable of holding 8 gallons.
  这个桶能装八加仑。
• Since then, Johnny cask's career has soared.
  在那以后，约翰尼？卡什的事业突飞猛进。