barrels
barrels — 名詞
- barrelssingular
- barrelsesplural
1. a round container, fatter around its middle and flat at each end, usually built
桶
中間較寬、上下平的大型容器
a round container, fatter around its middle and flat at each end, usually built from wooden strips, sheet metal, or moulded plastic to hold liquids
Old wooden barrels of red wine lined the cool stone cellar.
一桶桶陳年紅酒沿著陰涼的石造地窖排放著。
barrels of [liquid] showing what is stored inside
Linh rolled the heavy beer barrels down the ramp into the pub.
Linh 把沉重的啤酒桶沿著斜坡滾進酒吧裡。
The farmer collected rainwater in two large plastic barrels by the shed.
那位農夫用棚子旁兩個大塑膠桶收集雨水。
barrels used to store and collect a liquid
Rusty metal barrels were stacked behind the old factory wall.
生鏽的金屬桶堆放在老舊工廠的牆後。
At the harbour, dock workers loaded fish-oil barrels onto the small boat.
在港口，碼頭工人把一桶桶魚油搬上那艘小船。
- wooden barrels
- plastic barrels
- roll the barrels
- stack barrels
文法句型
a barrel of [liquid]
用法筆記
Frequently followed by 'of' plus the substance stored inside (a barrel of wine, beer, water). The container reading is the everyday one; distinguish from sense 2, where the same word names a measured quantity rather than the object.
2. a fixed amount used to measure oil, with one unit equal to about 159 litres, or
桶；油量單位
計量石油的單位，約一百五十九公升
a fixed amount used to measure oil, with one unit equal to about 159 litres, or the quantity that such a measure holds
The country now pumps two million barrels of crude oil every day.
這個國家現在每天抽取兩百萬桶原油。
[number] barrels of oil as a measured quantity
Oil prices fell sharply after traders expected millions more barrels on the market.
交易商預期市場上會多出數百萬桶後，油價大幅下跌。
Asher reported that the refinery had processed half a million barrels last month.
Asher 報告說，那座煉油廠上個月處理了五十萬桶。
Each tanker leaving the port carried thousands of barrels bound for Europe.
每艘離港的油輪都載著數千桶運往歐洲。
thousands of barrels showing large-scale measured volume
Heavy storms cut daily output by nearly fifty thousand barrels.
強烈的風暴使每日產量減少了將近五萬桶。
- barrels of oil
- barrels of crude
- millions of barrels
- barrels per day
文法句型
[number] barrels of oil
用法筆記
Object of measurement is almost always oil; the number comes before 'barrels' (two million barrels). Unlike sense 1, no physical container is meant — only the volume, so you cannot roll or stack these barrels.
常見錯誤
3. the long, narrow, tube-shaped parts of guns through which the bullets travel whe
槍管
槍砲上子彈通過的細長管狀部分
the long, narrow, tube-shaped parts of guns through which the bullets travel when fired
The hunter carefully cleaned both barrels of the old shotgun.
那位獵人仔細清理了這把老獵槍的兩根槍管。
the barrels of a [weapon]
Esteban polished the long steel barrels until they shone in the sun.
Esteban 把那幾根長鋼管擦到在陽光下發亮。
Smoke drifted from the cannon barrels after the loud morning salute.
清晨響亮的禮砲過後，煙從那幾根砲管裡飄出來。
The museum displayed rifles with curved wooden stocks and rusty barrels.
博物館展出了幾把有彎曲木質槍托和生鏽槍管的步槍。
barrels as the tube-shaped firing parts of guns
Gita pointed at the two short barrels of the antique pistol.
Gita 指著那把古董手槍的兩根短槍管。
- gun barrels
- shotgun barrels
- clean the barrels
- twin barrels
- muzzle
strictly the open front end of a gun barrel, not the whole tube
文法句型
the barrels of a [weapon]
用法筆記
Almost always paired with a weapon word (shotgun, rifle, cannon, pistol) as 'the barrels of'. Refers only to the firing tubes, not the whole gun, distinguishing it from senses 1 and 2.
barrels — 動詞
- barrelspresent simple I / you / we / they
- barrelses3rd person singular
- barrelsing-ing form
- barrelsedpast simple
1. moves somewhere very fast and with great force, often without slowing down or be
飛馳；猛衝
高速且不顧一切地往某處移動
moves somewhere very fast and with great force, often without slowing down or being careful
The truck barrels down the empty highway long after midnight.
那輛卡車在午夜過後許久仍沿著空蕩的高速公路飛馳。
barrels + down [a route] for fast, forceful movement
Tendai barrels into the kitchen, knocking a chair over on the way.
Tendai 猛衝進廚房，途中還撞翻了一張椅子。
barrels into [a place] showing careless speed
The runaway shopping trolley barrels across the car park toward the wall.
那台失控的購物推車朝著牆壁衝過停車場。
Every morning the express train barrels past our quiet village station.
每天早上，那班快車都會呼嘯著駛過我們安靜的鄉村小站。
Ziad barrels through the front door, late again for the morning meeting.
Ziad 衝進大門，又一次趕不上早上的會議。
- barrels down the road
- barrels into
- barrels past
- barrels along
- crawl
move very slowly
文法句型
barrels + along / down / into / toward
用法筆記
Subject is usually a vehicle or a person in a hurry, and a direction word (down, into, past, through) almost always follows. Informal; common in everyday speech and news writing about fast movement.
常見錯誤
同根字
- barrel名詞B1
- barrelled形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- oil barrels
- beer barrels
- gun barrels
- water barrels
常用片語
- a barrel of laughs
- roll out the barrels
介系詞搭配
- barrels of
- barrels per