barrel
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
Near-synonym: cask
a cracker barrel
Đồng nghĩa: bbl, cask
- 2.
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
- 3.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
- 4.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- 5.
(automotive) A venturi (in carburetion).
Đồng nghĩa: bbl, v, V
- 6.
(television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
- 7.
(archaic)Any tube.
- 8.
(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
- 9.
(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and resembles a barrel.
- 10.
(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
- 11.
(New England, US, specifically)(US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.
Throw it into the trash barrel.
- 12.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
- 2.
(intransitive)To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
- 3.
(intransitive)To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
- 4.
(slang)(poker slang) To bet consecutively on multiple streets.
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ine-pro From Middle English barel, from baril, Old French baril, bareil (barrel), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to barre (compare barra) via assumed meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically.