1
- a large beer or wine cask大(啤)酒桶。
1.1
- a brewer's fermenting-vat(酿酒用的)发酵桶。
2
- an imperial measure of capacity, equal to 4 hogsheads桶(英容量单位等于4大桶)。
3
- (亦作tun shell)a large marine mollusc which has a rounded barrel-like shell with broad spirals鹑螺。
3.1
- Family Tonnidae, class Gastropoda.鹑螺科, 腹足纲。
tunned, tunning
with obj. archaic store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun〈古〉用大酒桶藏(酒)。
词源
Old English tunne, from medieval Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin.