plural barrels
plural barrels
Learner's definition of BARREL
[count]
1
a : a round usually wooden container with curved sides and flat ends木桶 b : the amount of something in a barrel一桶(的量) — see also pork barrel 2
: the part of a gun that the bullets go through when the gun is fired枪管 -
the barrel of a gun枪管
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a rifle barrel步枪枪管
— see picture at gun; see also lock, stock, and barrel at 1lock
a barrel of laughs
informal
: someone or something that is very funny —
often used in negative statements or in an ironic way to describe someone or something that is not really funny(常用于否定句或用作讽刺之意)好玩的人,滑稽的事 -
Several people have lost their jobs recently, so the office isn't exactly a barrel of laughs these days.最近好几个人失业了,所以这些天办公室里欢声笑语都没有了。
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“Your boss is quite a kidder.” “Oh yeah, he's a real barrel of laughs.”“你的老板真会开玩笑。”“噢,是的,他确实是个滑稽人物。
more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys
US, informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: very funny and enjoyable好玩的;有趣的
over a barrel
: in a bad situation : in a situation where you are forced to do something you do not want to do处境被动;受制于人
the bottom of the barrel
— see 1bottom — barreled
(US) or British barrelled /ˈberəld/ adjective 2 barrel /ˈberəl/ verb
barrels; barreled also barrelled; barreling also barrelling
barrels; barreled also barrelled; barreling also barrelling
Learner's definition of BARREL
always followed by an adverb or preposition [no object] US, informal
: to move very fast and often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way(失控或危险地)飞奔,疾驰