hogshead
英 ['hɒgz,hed]
美['hɑgz,hɛd]
- n. 大桶；液量单位
英英释意
- 1. a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- 2. a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
英文词源
- hogshead (n.)
- "large cask or barrel," late 14c., presumably on some perceived resemblance. The original liquid measure was 63 old wine gallons (by a statute of 1423); later anywhere from 100 to 140 gallons. Borrowed into other Germanic languages, oddly, as ox-head (Dutch okshoofd, German oxhoft, Swedish oxhufvud).
实用场景例句
- He hid the lantern in Huck's sugar hogshead and the watch began.
- 他把灯笼藏在哈克的糖桶里,开始望风.
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- His thick arms crossed on his hogshead of a chest.
- 他的粗手交叉抱在宽厚的胸前.
互联网
- His thick arms crossed on a hogshead of a chest.
- 他的两只粗壮的胳膊,在大桶一般的胸前交叉着.
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