1. 桶
    A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.

    e.g. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.
           這葡萄酒已經(jīng)在橡木桶里存放近一年了。
    e.g. ...barrels of pickled fish.
           幾桶腌魚

2. （石油工業(yè)中）一桶的量（相當(dāng)于159升）
    In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres.

    e.g. In 1989, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of oil a day...
           1989年，科威特每天出口150萬桶石油。
    e.g. Oil prices were closing at $19.76 a barrel.
           油價(jià)收于每桶19.76美元。

3. 槍管
    The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired.

    e.g. He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth.
           他把槍管塞進(jìn)了另一個(gè)人的嘴里。

4. 飛奔；疾駛；高速行駛
    If a vehicle or person is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.

    e.g. The car was barreling down the street at a crazy speed.
           這輛車瘋了一般沿街疾駛。

5. see also: pork barrel

6. 全部；完全
    If you say, for example, that someone moves or buys something lock, stock, and barrel, you are emphasizing that they move or buy every part or item of it.

    e.g. They dug up their New Jersey garden and moved it lock, stock, and barrel back home.
           他們把在新澤西的花園刨了個(gè)遍，然后將里面的東西一樣不落地搬回了家。

7. 使…受制于人；使…處于不利地位；迫使…做…
    If someone has you over a barrel, they have put you in a difficult situation where you have little choice but to do what they want you to do.

8. 湊合用劣質(zhì)的東西；將就行事
    If you say that someone is scraping the barrel, or scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality.

9. 非常有趣的事；笑料不斷的開心果
    If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with.

    e.g. Weddington is the first to admit she's not exactly a barrel of laughs...
           韋丁頓第一個(gè)承認(rèn)自己其實(shí)并不愛搞笑。
    e.g. The suppers are always a barrel of laughs.
           晚餐總是充滿歡笑。