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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
- : 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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