| 词汇 | barrel |
| 释义 | barrel noun [ C ] uk/ˈbær.əl/ us/ˈber.əl/ (CONTAINER) 桶 a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides that make it fatter in the middle They drank a whole barrel of beer (= the contents of a barrel) at the party. 聚会上他们喝了整整一桶啤酒。 桶（一桶石油相当于159升） In the oil industry, a barrel of oil is equal to 159 litres. (GUN PART) 枪管 the long part of a gun that is shaped like a tube Idioms be a barrel of laughs/funidiom informal 搞笑，有趣 to be funny or enjoyable "He's a bit serious, isn't he?" "Yeah, not exactly a barrel of laughs." “他有点儿严肃，对吧？”“对，不怎么有趣。” have someone over a barrelidiom informal 使（某人）别无选择，使（某人）听从摆布 to put someone in a very difficult situation in which the person has no choice about what they do She knows I need the work so she's got me over a barrel in terms of what she pays me. 她知道我需要这份工作，所以就在薪酬上难为我。 let someone have both barrelsidiom informal (also give someone both barrels, hit someone with both barrels) 强烈地攻击、批评或惩罚某人 to attack, criticize, or punish someone very forcefully He arrived late to meet his girlfriend at the airport. She gave him both barrels. 他到机场接女友时迟到了，被她骂得狗血淋头。 England football fans can expect to be hit with both barrels if they misbehave during next month's European Championship finals. 如果英格兰球迷在下个月的欧洲足球锦标赛决赛中行为不端，他们将遭千夫所指。 barrel verb [ I, + adv/prep ] informal uk/ˈbær.əl/ us/ˈber.əl/ -ll- or -l- 飞驰 to travel somewhere very quickly We were barrelling along the autobahn at 180 kph. 我们以每小时180公里的速度在高速路上飞驰。 |
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