in AM, use 美國英語用 barreling, barreled
1 N-COUNT 桶 A
barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
桶 2 N-COUNT (石油工業中)一桶的量(相當於159升) In the oil industry, a
barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres.
(石油工業中)一桶的量(相當於159升) -
In 1989, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of oil a day. [+ of]
1989年,科威特每天出口150萬桶石油。
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Oil prices were closing at $19.76 a barrel.
油價收於每桶19.76美元。
3 N-COUNT [n NOUN] 槍管 The
barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired.
槍管 4 VERB 飛奔;疾駛;高速行駛 If a vehicle or person
is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.
飛奔;疾駛;高速行駛 [mainly US] 6 PHRASE 全部;完全 If you say, for example, that someone moves or buys something
lock, stock, and barrel, you are emphasizing that they move or buy every part or item of it.
全部;完全 [emphasis] -
They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock, stock, and barrel back home.
他們把在新澤西的花園刨了個遍,然後將裏面的東西一樣不落地搬回了家。
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 使…受制於人;使…處於不利地位;迫使…做… If someone
has you
over a barrel, they have put you in a difficult situation where you have little choice but to do what they want you to do.
使…受制於人;使…處於不利地位;迫使…做… [informal] 8 PHRASE 湊合用劣質的東西;將就行事 If you say that someone is
scraping the barrel, or
scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality.
湊合用劣質的東西;將就行事 [informal, disapproval] 9 PHRASE [oft with brd-neg] 非常有趣的事;笑料不斷的開心果 If an experience is
a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is
a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with.
非常有趣的事;笑料不斷的開心果 [mainly British, informal] Word Partnership | Use barrel with: |
N. | wine barrel 1 barrel of oil 2 barrel of a gun 3 bottom of the barrel 8 |
PREP. | barrel down toward somewhere 4 |
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