A plastic beach pail was lying on the sand. She poured a pail of water on the campfire.
Recent Examples on the WebChoose 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
(especially NAmE) ➡ see also bucketADJECTIVE | VERB + PAIL | PAIL + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤empty, 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 + PAIL➤fill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 + VERB➤be full of sth, hold sth桶裏滿是⋯/裝有⋯▸➤overflow桶溢出PREPOSITION➤in a/the pail在桶裏▸➤pail of一桶⋯◇pails of soapy water幾桶肥皂水PHRASES➤a 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