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hogshead

/hawgz-hed, hogz-/US // ˈhɔgzˌhɛd, ˈhɒgz- //UK // (ˈhɒɡzˌhɛd) //

猪头,猪头牌,猪头酒,猪头骨

Related Words

drum鼓,转鼓,鼓声,鼓动keg小桶,小酒桶,小桶装,水桶cask罐子,木桶,罐头,桶vessel容器,船舶,舰船,舰艇barrel木桶,桶,桶装,筒子vat大桶,大桶水,大桶酒,大桶装

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons.
    • : any of various units of liquid measure, especially one equivalent to 63 gallons. Abbreviation: hhd

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlarge barrel
Synonyms
barrel木桶,桶,桶装,筒子cask罐子,木桶,罐头,桶drum鼓,转鼓,鼓声,鼓动keg小桶,小酒桶,小桶装,水桶vat大桶,大桶水,大桶酒,大桶装vessel容器,船舶,舰船,舰艇

Examples

  • “If BMW is ‘the ultimate driving machine,’ your Anthem is the ultimate differentiator,” writes Hogshead.

  • A blob of blue smoke curled out of a hole the size of a hogshead in a steep bank overhung with alders.

  • He first tried his machine with only two pounds of powder on a hogshead loaded with stones.

  • The powder was set on fire, and up went the stones and the boards of the hogshead and a body of water, many feet into the air.

  • Behind him, the Priests at the golden hogshead, now set free to taste the wine themselves, had lost no time.

  • The jar here means a big affair about half the size of a hogshead: I bathed in one this morning.

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