barrel

noun

1. 桶
   a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides
   1. a beer/wine barrel
      啤酒 / 葡萄酒桶
2. 一桶（的量）；桶（石油计量单位，相当于120到159升）
   the contents of or the amount contained in a barrel ; a unit of measurement in the oil industry equal to between 120 and 159 litres
   1. They got through two barrels of beer.
      他们喝了两桶啤酒。
   2. Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel.
      石油价格降到了每桶9元。
3. 枪管
   the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired

verb

1. （无法控制地）高速行进，飞驰
   to move very fast in a particular direction, especially in a way that you cannot control
   1. He came barreling down the hill and smashed into a phone booth.
      他沿山坡飞驰下来，撞在了一个电话亭上。

in AM, use 美国英语用 barreling, barreled


1. N-COUNT 桶
   A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
   1. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.
      这葡萄酒已经在橡木桶里存放近一年了。
   2. ...barrels of pickled fish.
      几桶腌鱼
2. N-COUNT （石油工业中）一桶的量（相当于159升）
   In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres.
   1. In 1989, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of oil a day...
      1989年，科威特每天出口150万桶石油。
   2. Oil prices were closing at $19.76 a barrel.
      油价收于每桶19.76美元。
3. N-COUNT 枪管
   The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired.
   1. He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth.
      他把枪管塞进了另一个人的嘴里。
4. VERB 飞奔；疾驶；高速行驶
   If a vehicle or person is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.
   1. The car was barreling down the street at a crazy speed.
      这辆车疯了一般沿街疾驶。
5. See also: pork barrel
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.
   1. They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock, stock, and barrel back home.
      他们把在新泽西的花园刨了个遍，然后将里面的东西一样不落地搬回了家。
7. 使…受制于人；使…处于不利地位；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.
8. 凑合用劣质的东西；将就行事
   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.
9. PHRASE 非常有趣的事；笑料不断的开心果
   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.
   1. Weddington is the first to admit she's not exactly a barrel of laughs...
      韦丁顿第一个承认自己其实并不爱搞笑。
   2. The suppers are always a barrel of laughs.
      晚餐总是充满欢笑。

1. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.
   这葡萄酒已经在橡木桶里存放近一年了。
2. Oil prices were closing at$ 19.76 a barrel.
   油价收于每桶19.76美元。
3. He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth.
   他把枪管塞进了另一个人的嘴里。
4. They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock, stock, and barrel back home.
   他们把在新泽西的花园刨了个遍，然后将里面的东西一样不落地搬回了家。
5. Weddington is the first to admit she's not exactly a barrel of laughs
   韦丁顿第一个承认自己其实并不爱搞笑。
6. The suppers are always a barrel of laughs.
   晚餐总是充满欢笑。
7. You'll eat so much your belly'll be like a barrel.
   你会吃得肚子鼓鼓的，像个大酒桶。
8. The gun barrel grated against the floor.
   枪管拖在地上发出刺耳的声音。
9. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel
   他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。
10. With the onset of war, oil prices climbed past$ 30 a barrel.
    战争一爆发，油价就攀过了每桶30美元。
11. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
    枪杆子里面出政权。
12. He had me over a barrel because he knew my carefully-guarded secrets.
    我受制于他，因为他掌握了我严守的秘密。
13. Give the barrel a push and it'll roll over here.
    把桶推一下就轱辘过来了。
14. Use this wad of cloth to plug the barrel.
    用这软布把桶塞上。
15. The children were invited to dip their hands into the barrel for a present.
    孩子们被邀请把手伸进木桶里取礼物。
16. The barrel of a gun is made of steel.
    枪管是钢制的。
17. They kept the ice and drinks in a big covered wooden barrel.
    他们把冰块和饮料保存在一个带盖的大木桶里。
18. The barrel of gunpowder blew up.
    火药桶爆炸了。
19. I'll buy you a barrel of beer.
    我要给你买一桶啤酒。
20. He added that the world may never see oil at$ 100 a barrel again.
    他还说，世界可能再也看不到100美元一桶的石油了。
21. This machine uses the special designed screw and barrel, die and extrusion process to produce plastic and wood products.
    这台机器采用了特殊设计的螺杆和桶，模具和挤压过程，以生产塑料和木材产品。
22. A engineering design method of interlayer cooling barrel was researched.
    探讨了强制层间冷却身管的一种工程设计方法。
23. And it will have, I think, an important effect on the price of a barrel of oil.
    而且我认为，那会对每桶石油的价格产生重要的影响。
24. Barrel and bottom of large size ladles and refining ladles.
    大型钢包和精炼钢包的包壁和包底。
25. There is a stack of hay, a leaky barrel in the discard barn.
    在废弃的牲口棚中有一堆干草和一个漏的水桶。
26. Full-decoder circuit structure is used in Barrel Shifter design.
    桶形移位器的设计采用了全译码电路结构。
27. He broached a barrel of cider.
    他钻孔开了一桶苹果酒。
28. Process and mechanism of band cut is the process and mechanism of barrel life end.
    弹带削光的过程和机理也就是身管寿命终止的过程和机理。
29. This is a new barrel era which is the expression of a new phase in national security.
    这是一个新的油桶时代，表示国家安全进入了一个新的阶段。

  pail barrel bucket【导航词义：桶】

  pail n. 〈尤美〉桶

〔辨析〕通常用于装液体之物，一般由木头或金属制成。

  barrel n. 桶；一桶

〔辨析〕指中间鼓起的大桶，多由木头或金属制成，通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等，也常用作原油的计量单位。

  bucket n. 桶

〔辨析〕可装各种东西，尤指液体之物。

n.

a barrel of laughs

• 很有趣；开心；快乐
  very amusing; a lot of fun
  1. Life hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.
     最近生活并不十分令人开心。

(get/have sb) over a barrel

• （使某人）听从摆布，处于被动地位
  (to put/have sb) in a situation in which they must accept or do what you want
  1. They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.
     他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件，要么损失这笔钱。

lock, stock and barrel

• 全部；所有
  including everything
  1. He sold the business lock, stock and barrel.
     他把生意全盘卖掉了。

scrape (the bottom of) the barrel

• （因别无选择）将就，凑合
  to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available

be like shooting fish in a barrel

• 易如反掌；探囊取物；手到擒来
  used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth
  1. What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!
     你说干不了是什么意思？这不是小事一桩嘛！

noun

1. a cylindrical container that holds liquids

   Synonym:    cask

2. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

   Synonym:    gun barrel

3. any of various units of capacity
   1. a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons

   Synonym:    bbl

4. the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold

   Synonym:    barrelful

5. a bulging cylindrical shape

   Synonym:    drum

verb

1. put in barrels