hogshead

• n. 大桶；液量单位

英文词源

hogshead (n.)

"large cask or barrel," late 14c., presumably on some perceived resemblance. The original liquid measure was 63 old wine gallons (by a statute of 1423); later anywhere from 100 to 140 gallons. Borrowed into other Germanic languages, oddly, as ox-head (Dutch okshoofd, German oxhoft, Swedish oxhufvud).

双语例句

1. He hid the lantern in Huck's sugar hogshead and the watch began.

他把灯笼藏在哈克的糖桶里,开始望风.

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2. His thick arms crossed on his hogshead of a chest.

他的粗手交叉抱在宽厚的胸前.

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3. His thick arms crossed on a hogshead of a chest.

他的两只粗壮的胳膊,在大桶一般的胸前交叉着.

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