cask
cask — 名詞
- casksingular
- casksplural
1. a round container made from wooden boards held together by metal bands, used for
木桶
儲存液體的木製容器
a round container made from wooden boards held together by metal bands, used for storing or aging liquids such as wine, whiskey, or beer.
The winery ages its best red wine in oak casks for at least two years.
這家酒莊將最好的紅葡萄酒放在橡木桶中陳釀至少兩年。
wine / whiskey aged in [material] casks
Hamza rolled the empty cask across the cellar floor to fill it with fresh ale.
Hamza 把空木桶滾過酒窖地板，準備裝滿新鮮的麥芽酒。
roll a cask across [surface]
The distillery uses oak casks to give its whiskey a deep golden colour.
這家蒸餾廠使用橡木桶為威士忌增添深邃的金黃色澤。
Workers stacked the wooden casks in rows along the damp stone wall of the warehouse.
工人們將木桶沿著倉庫潮濕的石牆一排排地疊放起來。
文法句型
a [adjective] cask
cask of [liquid]
用法筆記
Casks are traditionally made of oak, but the word is also used for metal or plastic containers of a similar shape used in the drinks industry.
常見錯誤
2. the amount of liquid contained in one full cask, sometimes used as a rough unit
一桶之量
一桶的容量
the amount of liquid contained in one full cask, sometimes used as a rough unit of measurement when buying or selling drinks.
The brewery ordered a cask of stout for the winter festival.
這家啤酒廠為冬季節慶訂購了一桶黑啤酒。
order a cask of [drink]
Tamar bought a full cask of olive oil from a farm in southern Italy.
Tamar 從南義大利的一家農場購買了一整桶橄欖油。
Each cask of rum holds enough liquid to fill about three hundred bottles.
每桶蘭姆酒所裝的液體足以裝滿大約三百個瓶子。
Samir paid for wine by the cask rather than the bottle to save money.
Samir 以桶為單位購買葡萄酒，而非按瓶買，以節省開銷。
文法句型
cask of [liquid]
by the cask
用法筆記
The actual volume of a cask varies by drink and tradition — a wine cask is often about 225 litres, while beer casks range from 36 to 54 gallons.