c. 1300, from Old French baril (12c.) "barrel, cask, vat," with cognates in all Romance languages (such as Italian barile, Spanish barril), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to bar (n.1). Meaning "metal tube of a gun" is from 1640s. Barrel roll in aeronautics is from 1927.
barrel (v.)
mid-15c., "to put in barrels," from barrel (n.). Meaning "to move quickly" is 1930, American English slang, perhaps suggestive of a rolling barrel. Related: Barreled; barreling.
实用例句
1. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel.
他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。
来自柯林斯例句
2. You'll eat so much your belly'll be like a barrel.
你会吃得肚子鼓鼓的，像个大酒桶。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Pork-barrel politicians hand out rents to win votes and influence people.
