keg

• n. 小桶

词态变化

中文词源

来自古诺斯语kaggi,小桶。

英文词源

keg (n.)

1630s, earlier kag (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kaggi "keg, cask," of unknown origin. Cognate with Swedish kagge, Norwegian kagg. Specific sense of "barrel of beer" is from 1945. U.S. student slang kegger "party featuring a keg of beer" attested by 1969.

双语例句

1. Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.

除非这些问题得到解决，否则该地区会一直是个火药桶。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The bar tender tapped a new keg of beer.

酒吧招待开了一桶新啤酒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A keg bobbed up astern.

一只小圆桶突然在船尾出现.

来自辞典例句

4. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor.

他肩上驮着一个似乎装满了酒的大桶.

来自辞典例句

5. The man that opens that door gets himself a keg of trouble.

打开那个门的男人会惹上麻烦的.

来自电影对白