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

• Wood of the brandy cask smelt of alcohol.
  白兰地酒桶的木头闻起来有酒味。
• He is tapping the cask of cider.
  他正在打开桶的活塞从里面汲取苹果酒。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）
• Since then, Johnny cask's career has soared.
  在那以后，约翰尼？卡什的事业突飞猛进。
• They sell cider at 10 dollars a cask.
  他们以每桶十美元的价钱出售苹果酒。
• A fixture for drawing water from a pipe or cask.
  为了从管道或桶中取水的固定装置。
• The cask is capable of holding 8 gallons.
  这个桶能装八加仑。
• 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。