cask

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cask /kɑːsk $ kæsk/ noun [countable]  DFDa round wooden container used for storing wine or other liquids, or the amount of liquid that it contains 〔装酒或其他液体的〕小木桶；一桶之量 SYN barrel a cask of rum 一桶朗姆酒

Examples from the Corpus

cask• A number of brewers now use a device called a cask breather on low volume beers to prolong their life.• The beer is run into casks.• Clarets are aged in stainless steel vats or oak casks, and are bottled only when they are considered ready for sale.• Good selection of cask conditioned ales, wines and whiskies.• They also say the 25-ton stainless steel casks used at some plants to stored cooled material above ground are too expensive.• Ahab considers this and then goes to the deck and orders that the casks be examined.• There are two ways in which cask beer can be stored that interfere with the vital secondary fermentation.• The wine casks are opened and the crew revels through the night, drinking and shouting and singing.From Longman Business Dictionarycaskcask /kɑːskkæsk/ noun [countable] a container for liquids, especially in the beer and wine tradesThe wine is transported in casks and bottled in London.Origin cask (1500-1600) French casque “helmet”, from Spanish casco “broken piece of a pot, skull, helmet”, from cascar “to break”

cask nounChinese  

Business a Corpus for wooden storing round used container wine

cask
cask /kɑːsk $ kæsk/ noun [countable]a round wooden container used for storing wine or other liquids, or the amount of liquid that it contains
   SYN  barrel:
    a cask of rum

caskBrE /kɑːsk/ 🔊NAmE /kæsk/ 🔊 nouna small wooden barrel used for storing liquids, especially alcoholic drinks; the amount contained in a cask 小木桶；酒桶；一桶（的量）◆a wine cask/a cask of wine酒桶；一桶酒