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 asked the waiter to bring him a cask of sherry.
  他叫侍者给他拿一桶雪利酒。
• 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。
• Cup, basin, pot, bottle, cask, etc., is vessel that hold liquid
  杯，盆，罐，瓶，桶等都是盛液体的容器
• 'Exactly so,'said Solomon:'has gone on, over the old cask that held this wine.
  “一点不错，”所罗门说道，“装着这酒的旧桶经受了这一切。
• The capacity of the mixing cask is about forty-one cubic feet.
  混合箱的容积约等于41立方英尺。
• A worker puts both legs into the cask to wash in the steel market.
  我既是看门人、计、练，也是维修工和跑腿的。钢材市场内一位工人把双腿放入水桶内清洗。
• 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）。
• 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。
• And thereupon he sat down across the brandy cask, and began to fill a pipe.
  说着，他就坐到了白兰地酒桶上，开始装烟斗。