barrel

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bar·rel1 /ˈbærəl/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  DTa large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal, and used for storing beer, wine etc 〔中间鼓起的〕桶 The wine is aged in oak barrels. 这种葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。barrel of barrels of beer 一桶桶啤酒 →4  See picture of 见图 CONTAINER →5 see picture at 见图 container2  a unit of measurement for oil, equal to 159 litres 桶〔石油计量单位，相当于159升〕barrel of two million barrels of oil 两百万桶石油3. PMWthe part of a gun that the bullets are fired through 枪管；炮管4  have somebody over a barrel FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want 使某人处于被动[不利]的地位 The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs. 经理迫使我们就范，要么星期六上班，要么丢掉工作。5  be a barrel of laughs [often in negatives]ENJOY/LIKE DOING something to be very enjoyable 很好玩 Life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment. 眼下的生活景况不容乐观。 → pork barrel, → scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at scrape1(5), → lock, stock, and barrel at lock2(3)

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barrel• Thérèse felt her way around a barrel as tall as she was.• The area may contain up to 2 billion barrels of oil.• In late August, after testing the cataract with an empty barrel, he announced that he would go over him-self.• When it snows in Boston, residents litter the streets with old furniture, barrels and a rusty washing machine or two.• Each new barrel costs £1.50; they are normally only used for one race and there are 50 barrels on a raft.• At farmhouse level, cider is hard stuff to control, in the barrel or in the head.• He saw the barrels on the truck and quick-counted more than fifteen.• That morning he had bought a whole barrel of Gunpowder Pepper from one of the human victuallers.barrel2 verb [intransitive] American English informal  FAST/QUICKto move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way 高速行驶，飞奔；〔尤指失控地〕飞驰 A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car. 一辆汽车从购物中心飞也似地冲出来，一头撞到了我车子的一侧。→ See Verb table

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barrel• The train barreled down the tracks.• Smith barreled into him, knocking him over.• For barreling into homeroom just as the bell rings.• Instead of swerving right, I swerved left, barreling straight into him with the fender.From Longman Business Dictionarybarrelbar‧rel /ˈbærəl/ noun [countable]1TRANSPORTa large round container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing and carrying liquids such as oil and beerbarrels of beer2an amount of a liquid contained in a barrel, used as unit of measurement, especially in the oil industryThere were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 a barrel.The country produces more than 650,000 barrels per day of crude oil. → see also pork barrelOrigin barrel1 (1200-1300) Old French baril

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bar‧rel¹ /ˈbærəl/ noun [countable]
1. a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal, and used for storing beer, wine etc:
    The wine is aged in oak barrels.
    barrel of
    barrels of beer
2. a unit of measurement for oil, equal to 159 litres
    barrel of
    two million barrels of oil
3.
  the part of a gun that the bullets are fired through
4. have somebody over a barrel to put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want:
    The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs.
5. be a barrel of laughs [often in negatives] to be very enjoyable:
    Life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment.
⇨ pork barrel, ⇨ scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at scrape¹(5), ⇨ lock, stock, and barrel at lock²(3)

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barrel² verb [intransitive] American English informal
to move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way:
    A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car.