barrel
I.bar‧rel1 /ˈbærəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: baril]
1. a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal, and used for storing beer, wine etc:
The wine is aged in oak barrels.
barrel of
barrels of beer
2. a unit of measurement for oil, equal to 159 litres
barrel of
two million barrels of oil
3. 
the part of a gun that the bullets are fired through
4. have somebody over a barrel to put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want:
The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs.
5. be a barrel of laughs [often in negatives] to be very enjoyable:
Life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment.
⇨ ↑pork barrel, ⇨ scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at ↑scrape1(5), ⇨ lock, stock, and barrel at ↑lock2(3)
II.barrel2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive] American English informal
to move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way:
A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car.
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barrel
A barrel is a large, wooden container.| ◎ | ['bærəl] | | ※ | danh từ | | | ■ | thùng tròn, thùng rượu | | | ■ | (một) thùng (lượng chứa trong thùng) | | | ■ | thùng (đơn vị đo dung tích, chừng 150 lít) | | | ■ | nòng súng; ruột (ngựa, trâu, bò); ống (lông chim) | | | ■ | (giải phẫu) khoang màng nhĩ (ở tai) | | | ■ | (kỹ thuật) cái trống; tang | | | 〆 | to have somebody over a barrel | | | ✓ | (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đẩy ai vào hoàn cảnh khó khăn | | | 〆 | to sit on a barrel of gunpowder | | | ✓ | ngồi trên thùng thuốc nổ, ngồi trên núi lửa (bóng) | | ※ | ngoại động từ | | | ■ | đổ vào thùng, đóng thùng |
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