pail
barrel
bucket【导航词义:桶】
pail n. 〈尤美〉桶
〔辨析〕通常用于装液体之物,一般由木头或金属制成。
〔例证〕
Two pails of water are needed in order to make a meal.
做一顿饭需要两桶水。
How did you clean the milk pail?
你是怎么清理牛奶桶的?
barrel n. 桶;一桶
〔辨析〕指中间鼓起的大桶,多由木头或金属制成,通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等,也常用作原油的计量单位。
〔例证〕
mpty beer barrels
空啤酒桶
Our wine is aged in oak barrels.
我们的葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。
Oil prices remained as low as $22 per barrel.
原油价格保持在每桶22美元的低价位。
bucket n. 桶
〔辨析〕可装各种东西,尤指液体之物。
〔例证〕
He can lift two buckets of water at the same time.
他可以同时提起两桶水。
She stored the cracked wheat in a bucket.
她把碾碎的小麦储存在桶里。