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

• '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。
• He asked the waiter to bring him a cask of sherry.
  他叫侍者给他拿一桶雪利酒。
• Tartar forms on the inside of a cask in which wine is fermented.
  酒石形成于酒的发酵桶的内侧。
• 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。
• 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）
• 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。
• The train is hauling a so-called CASTOR convoy, named after the type of container carried: Cask for Storage and Transport Of Radioactive material.
  这列火车是拖一个所谓的脚轮车队，后进行命名容器类型：储存和运输放射性材料的木桶。
• 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。
• 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。