barrel /ˈbærəl/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (barreling,barreled,barrels)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. 桶

  例：

  The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.

  这葡萄酒在橡木桶里陈了将近一年。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 42 gallons (159 litres). 桶 (石油计量单位，等于42 加仑或159升)

  例：

  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。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired. 枪管; 炮管

  例：

  He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth.

  他把枪管插入另一个人张开着的嘴里。

• 4.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If a vehicle or person is barrelling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction. 高速行驶 [美国英语]

  例：

  The car was barrelling down the street at a crazy speed.

  汽车沿着街道发疯一般地高速行驶。

• 5.  

  PHRASE（习语） 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. 完全[强调]

  例：

  They received a verbal offer to buy the company lock, stock and barrel.

  他们收到全盘收购公司的口头承诺。