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barrelful

/bar-uhl-fool/US // ˈbær əlˌfʊl //

桶状的,桶装的,桶状,桶装

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bar·rel·fuls.

    • : the amount that a barrel can hold.
    • : any large quantity: a barrelful of jokes.

Examples

  • I had only purchased one small basket of "Snows" when a large supply, almost a barrelful, came from a distant friend.

  • All knew that there was over a barrelful of the inflammable liquid in the tank on the upper deck.

  • As the balls exploded, a half-barrelful of flesh and hide was shot from each, leaving two gaping holes.

  • Look at old Jan Domeny, he hasn't an apple-tree in his garden, and yet he made a barrelful of cider this October.

  • On this occasion the vicar brought a barrelful, which he doled out into cone biscuits all through the afternoon.