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barrel

🇬🇧 UK/'bær(ə)l/🇺🇸 US/'bærәl/
IELTSTOEFLB1

Definitions

v.

To move very fast and in an uncontrolled way; to pack into barrels

飞速行进;把……装入桶中

n.

A large cylindrical container with flat ends, used for storing liquids; the tube of a gun through which a bullet travels

桶,圆桶;枪管

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
barbar, barrier, stick
+
relsuffix
=barrel

Common Collocations

  • 1.oil barrel油桶

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Workers rolled heavy oak barrels of wine into the cellar.

  • 2.

    The truck barreled down the highway at dangerous speed.

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