英语词汇“barrel”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

barrel

释义

barrel

Theme: DRINKING - EXCESS

tr. & in. to drink liquor to excess.

Those guys are barreling like beer was going out of style.Stop barreling beer and let's go home.

Theme: DRUNKARD

n. a drunkard.

The barrel was full up and through for the evening.A tired and weepy barrel staggered in and fell into a booth in the corner.

Theme: SPEED

in. to go fast; to speed while driving.

He was barreling along at about ninety.She barreled out of here like a bat out of hell.

barrel

Ⅰ

1. noun

a tablet of LSD. Usually in the plural US, 1971.

a perfect wave breaking US, 1991.

a cylinder in an car engine US, 1948.

in pool, a betting unit US, 1990.► have someone over a barrelto have someone at a disadvantage US, 1939.► in the barrelin prison, especially in solitary confinement US, 1992.► right into your barrel; right up your barreldecidedly your concern, interest, business AUSTRALIA, 1942

2. verb

to knock someone over; to flatten someone; also, to beat up someone, to punch someone, to deliver a blow AUSTRALIA, 1969.

to scold someone. Prison usage NEW ZEALAND, 1999.

to hold someone at bay; to corner someone AUSTRALIA, 1982.

to drive at great speed AUSTRALIA, 1977

Ⅱ ⇨ barrel-ass; barrel

verb to move rapidly, generally oblivious to any obstacles US, 1930

idiombarrelnot be (exactly) a barrel of laughsspoken a humorous expression used in order to emphasize that something or someone is not very funny or enjoyable:"These last two days haven't been easy for me." "Well, they haven't exactly been a barrel of laughs for me either, you know.""What did you think of Segal's wife?" "Well, she's not really a barrel of laughs, is she?"have/get sb over a barrelto put someone in a position in which they are forced to do or accept what you want:Stein must be working for a pretty powerful organization to have the editor of 'The New York Times' over a barrel.He's got us over a barrel. If he ends up in hospital, he'll tell the police everything.be over a barrel: Patterson smiled, "I always like doing business with someone who knows he's over a barrel."scrape the bottom of the barrelto be forced to use or choose something that is not very good because there is nothing else:That last joke was really scraping the bottom of the barrel!The defendants will plead not guilty, but using an eighteenth century law to defend yourself looks like scraping the barrel.

Note You may hear people use 'the bottom of the barrel' with other verbsThe editor obviously feels these trashy stories are worthy of the newspaper's tradition of quality. In my opinion he has come right down to the bottom of the barrel.

barrel

1. tv. & in. to drink liquor to excess. Stop barreling beer and let’s go home.

2. n. a drunkard. The old barrel was full up and through for the evening.

3. in. to go fast; to speed while driving. She barreled out of here like a bat out of hell.

See:

(as) crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
(as) funny as a barrel of monkeys
a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
a barrel of laughs
a barrel/bundle of laughs
a rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
all oak and iron bound
all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
barrel
barrel along
barrel fever
barrel in
barrel in(to)
barrel of fun
barrel of laughs
barrel of monkeys
barrel out
barrel out (of)
barreled
barreled (up)
barreled up
be a barrel of laughs
be more fun than a barrel of monkeys
be scraping the barrel
big around as a molasses barrel
both barrels, with
bottom of the barrel
bottom of the barrel, scrape the
cash on the barrel
cash on the barrelhead
crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
double-barreled
double-barreled slingshot
funny as a barrel of monkeys
get (one) over a barrel
get someone over a barrel
give (one) both barrels
give someone both barrels
have (one) over a barrel
have someone over a barrel
it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) barrel
it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys
like shooting fish in a barrel
loaded to the barrel
loaded to the gills
lock, stock and barrel
lock, stock, and barrel
more fun than a barrel of monkeys
not be a barrel of laughs
on the barrel
on the barrelhead
one bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
over a barrel
pork barrel
rotten apple
rotten apple spoils the barrel
rotten apple spoils the barrel, a
scrape the barrel
scrape the bottom of the barrel
sound as a barrel
the bottom of the barrel
with both barrels

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