hogshead

hogshead

美 ['hɒgzˌhed] 　英 ['hɒgzhed]

• n.(容量约63-140美制加仑的)大桶；液量单位
• 网络大木桶；大酒桶；英制大桶

词形变化

复数：hogsheads  

英汉解释

n.	1. (容量约63-140美制加仑的)大桶 2. 液量单位

英英解释

n.	1. a large cask or barrel, especially one having a capacity of one hogshead 2. a unit of capacity for liquids or dry goods, used especially for alcohol, having various values but typically 63 U.S. gallons or 54 British imperial gallons

例句

The night remained clear, and Huck closed his watch and retired to bed in an empty sugar hogshead about twelve.

那天夜里天色始终是明亮的，哈克就在十二点钟左右结束了他的守望，到了一个空糖桶里睡觉去了。

I could almost believe this terrible waste of time was done under the influence of a hogshead or two of the cheap stuff.

我觉得这种浪费时间的糟糕研究确实有可能是喝了几百斤廉价红酒搞出来的。

I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.

我住进了我原来的破衣烂衫，我的糖霍格斯黑德再次，是自由和满足。

His thick arms crossed on his hogshead of a chest.

他的粗手交叉抱在宽厚的胸前。

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。

So he relied largely on claret, buying four hogsheads of 24 dozen bottles of Margaux and one hogshead of Lafite every three months.

所以他主要购买大量波尔多红酒，每三个月买入四大桶24打的瓶装玛歌酒和一大桶拉菲酒。

couch a hogshead with me then

跟我一道睡个觉，