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BNC: 20588 COCA: 14177

pail

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
pail /ˈpeɪl/ noun
plural pails
pail
/ˈpeɪl/
noun
plural pails
Learner's definition of PAIL
[count] chiefly US
: a round container that is open at the top and usually has a handle桶;提桶
: the amount held by a pail一桶(的量)
BNC: 20588 COCA: 14177

pail

noun

1
: a usually cylindrical container with a handle : bucket
a milk pail
2
: the quantity that a pail contains
a pail of water
pailful noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

A plastic beach pail was lying on the sand. She poured a pail of water on the campfire.
Recent Examples on the Web Choose a large metal pail for an extra-large candle capable of warding off mosquitoes from almost the entire porch. Averi Baudler, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2022 The 24-year-old Valley City man failed field sobriety tests and police found an empty beer can in a lunch pail inside the cab of his pickup and two empty beer bottles in the bed. Brian Lisik, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022 Squatting on a plastic jerrican, Mukandamage coaxes a gallon and a half of warm, frothy milk out of the cow and into a small metal pail. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 Residents in the program received a brochure and a compost kitchen pail from the city. Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022 To clean, slide the pail out of the wooden box and place it in the dishwasher. Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 28 May 2022 The Rodermans said pasties provided a high-calorie, high-protein meal that could be carried in a pocket or a pail. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Compost at home by putting your food scraps in kitchen counter pail or in a resealable container in the freezer. Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022 He and his wife, Lida, 68, bicycle here twice a day to fill a pail. Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English payle, paille

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pail was in the 14th century
BNC: 20588 COCA: 14177
pail

noun

(especially NAmE)  see also bucket ADJECTIVE | VERB + PAIL | PAIL + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEempty, full空桶;滿桶five-gallon, ten-gallon五加侖/十加侖的桶metal, plastic金屬桶;塑料桶garbage (NAmE) 垃圾桶She threw all the scraps into a garbage pail.她把所有的碎片都扔入垃圾桶。diaper (NAmE) 尿布桶lunch (= for carrying your lunch) (NAmE) (攜帶午餐的)餐盒VERB + PAILfill裝滿桶She filled the pail with fresh water.她往桶裏裝滿了清水。carry提桶fetch, lug (informal) 取桶;拖桶Women in some villages had to trudge miles to fetch one pail of water.一些村子的婦女不得不費勁地跋涉數英里去取一桶水。PAIL + VERBbe full of sth, hold sth桶裏滿是⋯/裝有⋯overflow桶溢出PREPOSITIONin a/the pail在桶裏pail of一桶⋯pails of soapy water幾桶肥皂水PHRASESa shovel and pail (NAmE) 一套鏟和桶The children played on the beach with their shovels and pails.孩子們拿着鏟子和小桶在海灘上玩。mop and pail(配套的)拖把和水桶a worker equipped with a mop and pail配有拖把和水桶的工人

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