a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides 桶 a beer/wine barrel 啤酒桶；葡萄酒桶 They filled the barrels with cider. 他们把桶装满苹果酒。 The art of barrel-making is an ancient skill. 制桶艺术是一项古老的技能。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beer
- whisky/whiskey
- wine
- …
- fill
- contain something
- a barrel
- per barrel
- by the barrel
- …
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 一桶（的量）；桶（石油计量单位，相当于 120 到 159 升） They got through two barrels of beer. 他们喝了两桶啤酒。 Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel. 石油价格降到了每桶 9 美元。 Crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $70 a barrel. 原油价格创下每桶超过70美元的最高纪录。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beer
- whisky/whiskey
- wine
- …
- fill
- contain something
- a barrel
- per barrel
- by the barrel
- …
the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired 枪管 Tom found himself looking down the barrel of a gun. 汤姆发现自己正在低头看枪管。 The barrel was aimed directly at me. 枪管直接对准了我。 He fired one barrel and then fired again. 他开了一枪，然后又开了一枪。
Extra ExamplesI felt the gun barrel at my head. 我感到有枪抵着我的头。 Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把枪顶肩，眯起眼睛瞄准。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gun
- rifle
- shotgun
- …
- look down
- peer down
- point
- the barrel of a gun
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.
Idioms
a barrel of laughs
be like shooting fish in a barrel
lock, stock and barrel
(get/have somebody) over a barrel
- (informal)
(to put/have somebody) in a situation in which they must accept or do what you want （使某人）听从摆布，处于被动地位 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。
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel
- (disapproving)
to have to use things or people that are not the best or most suitable because the ones that were the best or most suitable are no longer available （因别无选择）将就，凑合