barrel
12 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural barrels
plural barrels
Learner's definition of BARREL
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a : a round usually wooden container with curved sides and flat ends木桶
- Oak barrels are used for aging the wine.橡木桶用于贮放葡萄酒。
- an empty barrel一只空木桶
b : the amount of something in a barrel一桶（的量） — see also pork barrel
- The price of oil is over 30 dollars a barrel.油价每桶超过30美元。
- They drank a whole barrel of beer.他们喝了一整桶的啤酒。
a barrel of laughs
informal : someone or something that is very funny — often used in negative statements or in an ironic way to describe someone or something that is not really funny（常用于否定句或用作讽刺之意）好玩的人，滑稽的事
- Several people have lost their jobs recently, so the office isn't exactly a barrel of laughs these days.最近好几个人失业了，所以这些天办公室里欢声笑语都没有了。
- “Your boss is quite a kidder.” “Oh yeah, he's a real barrel of laughs.”“你的老板真会开玩笑。”“噢，是的，他确实是个滑稽人物。
more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys
US, informal + somewhat old-fashioned : very funny and enjoyable好玩的；有趣的
- The ads say the movie will be more fun than a barrel of monkeys.广告上说这部电影将会非常有趣。
over a barrel
: in a bad situation : in a situation where you are forced to do something you do not want to do处境被动；受制于人
- My landlord really has me over a barrel. I have to either pay double my rent or move somewhere else.房东真让我进退两难了，要么我得付两倍的房租，要么就得搬走。
the bottom of the barrel
— used in combination用于合成词 — see also double-barreled
- a short-barreled shotgun [=a shotgun having a short barrel]一支短枪管猎枪
2 barrel /ˈberəl/ verb
barrels; barreled also barrelled; barreling also barrelling
2 barrel
/ˈberəl/
verb
barrels; barreled also barrelled; barreling also barrelling
Learner's definition of BARREL
always followed by an adverb or preposition [no object] US, informal
: to move very fast and often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way（失控或危险地）飞奔，疾驰
- The truck went barreling down Main Street.那辆卡车在主街上疯狂飞驰。
- She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.她跑出办公室，从我们身边飞驰般冲向大厅。