英语释义

1. a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter

2. the amount contained in a barrel especially the amount (such as 31 gallons of fermented beverage or 42 gallons of petroleum) fixed for a certain commodity used as a unit of measure

3. a great quantity

4. a drum or cylindrical part: such as

5. the discharging tube of a gun

6. the part of a fountain pen or of a pencil containing the ink or lead

7. a cylindrical or tapering housing containing the optical components of a photographic-lens system and the iris diaphragm

8. the fuel outlet from the carburetor on a gasoline engine

9. the flat, cylindrical metal box that encloses the mainspring of a timepiece

10. the trunk of a quadruped

11. asking for or granting no credit

12. at a disadvantage in an awkward position

13. to put or pack in a barrel

14. to move at a high speed or without hesitation

15. a round usually wooden container with curved sides and flat ends

16. the amount of something in a barrel

17. the part of a gun that the bullets go through when the gun is fired

18. to move very fast and often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way

19. a round container often with curved sides that is longer than it is wide and has flat ends

20. the amount contained in a full barrel a barrel of water

21. something shaped like a cylinder
the barrel of a gun

22. to move at a high speed

片语

in a tight spot处于困境，处境险恶

in a hole处于困境

英汉例句

• Two weeks ago a pair of American diplomats were closeted in Abbas' hotel bedroom, pleading with him not to put the Obama administration over a barrel with the Unesco application.

  两周前两名美国外交官在阿巴斯的旅馆住所密会，要求阿巴斯不要借联合国教科文组织投票结果让奥巴马当局为难。

相似词

abundance充裕，丰富

basketful满篮；一满篮的量

boatload一条船的货物；船的载货量

bucket(Bucket)人名；(德)布克特

bunch群；串；突出物

bundle匆忙离开

bushel修整（衣服等）

carload货车的最低载重量；车辆所载的货物

chunk大块；矮胖的人或物

deal约定；一揽子交易；待遇；发牌；（某人的）发牌轮次；牌戏的一局；一手牌；松木；松木板

dozen一打的

fistful一把

good deal划算，好交易

heap堆起来

hundred百；百个

lotad （与形容词和副词连用）很，非常；（与动词连用）非常

mass块，团；群众，民众；大量，众多；质量

mess(Mess)人名；(德、罗)梅斯

mountain(Mountain)人名；(英)芒廷

much许多，大量

multiplicity多样性；[物] 多重性

myriad无数，极大数量；无数的人或物

oodles许多，大量

pack包装；压紧；捆扎；挑选；塞满

passel一批；一群

peck啄食；扔石头；吹毛求疵

pile累积；打桩于

plateful一盘；满盘

plenitude充分；丰富；大量

plentitude充分（表示情况、状态丰富）

plenty(Plenty)人名；(英)普伦蒂

pot壶；盆；罐

potful一锅；一壶的量

profusion丰富，充沛；慷慨

quantity量，数量；大量；总量

raft筏运；制成筏

scads很多；巨额

sheaf捆；束；扎

shipload船货；船舶运载量

sight瞄準；观看

slew大量，许多；猛烈的侧转，回转；沼地

spate一连串（不愉快的事物）；（河水）猛涨；洪水；大雨

stack（使）放成整齐的一叠；（使）成叠地放在……；（令飞机）分层盘旋等待着陆；（洗牌）作弊；跌倒

store贮藏，储存

ton(Ton)人名；(西、俄、捷、荷)托恩；(柬)敦；(东南亚国家华语)通；(朝)敦

truckload一货车的容量；货车荷载；（非正式）大量

volume成团卷起

wad(Wad)人名；(德、瑞典)瓦德

wealth财富；大量；富有

yard(Yard)人名；(英)亚德

相反词

ace(American Cinema Editors)美国电影电视剪接师协会

bit咬（bite的过去式和过去分词）

dab(Dab)人名；(法)达布

dramabbr. 动态随机存取存储器（Dynamic Random Access Memory）

driblet少量

glimmer闪烁；发微光

handful少数；一把；棘手事

hint示意

lick舔；卷过；鞭打

little(Little)人名；(英)利特尔

mitead （非正式）一点儿，稍许

mouthful一口，满口

nip夹；捏；剪断；冻伤；阻止

ounce盎司；少量；雪豹

pinch捏；夹紧；夹（脚）；（由于担心或紧张）抿（嘴唇）；（非正式）行窃；使入不敷出；（为促进生长）摘除（芽、叶等）；节约

pittance少量；小额施舍；少量津贴

scruple微量；顾虑；踌躇

shade（颜色、色彩等）渐变

shadow阴影；影子；幽灵；庇护；隐蔽处

speck灰尘；污点；小颗粒

spot认出；弄脏；用灯光照射

sprinkle撒，洒；少量，一点；稀疏小雨；（撒在糕饼上作装饰用的）彩糖，糖屑

sprinkling洒；点缀（sprinkle的现在分词）

strain拉紧；尽力

streak条纹，线条；倾向

suspicion怀疑

tad(Tad)人名；(英)塔德

taste尝；体验

touch接触；轻按（按钮）；轻弹（乐器）；相互接触；轻轻击（球）；与（曲线、表面）切触；（尤指用有害的方式）处理；给（某人）造成伤害；动用（贮存物）；消费（食物或饮料）；起作用；涉及；（品质、特征）显而易见；外表露出；触动；（非正式）轻度发疯；（非正式）达到（某个水平或数额）

trace(Trace) （美）塔斯（人名）