a large container for holding liquids, especially in industrial processes (尤指工业用)大桶,大盆,瓮,缸,罐 distilling vats 蒸馏罐 a vat of whisky 一大桶威士忌 The grape juice is then transferred to a fermentation vat. 葡萄汁接着传送到发酵缸里。
Word OriginMiddle English: southern and western dialect variant of obsolete fat ‘container’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vat and German Fass.