Tra từ barrel - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bar·rel [barrel barrels barrelled barreled barrelling barreling] noun, verb BrE [ˈbærəl] NAmE [ˈbærəl]
noun
1. a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides
•a beer/wine barrel
2. the contents of or the amount contained in a barrel; a unit of measurement in the oil industry equal to between 120 and 159 litres
•They got through two barrels of beer.
•Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel.
3. the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired
•Tom found himself looking down the barrel of a gun.
•The barrel was aimed directly at me.
•He fired one barrel and then fired again.
more at lock, stock and barrel at ↑lock _n., scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at ↑scrape _v., be like shooting fish in a barrel at ↑shoot _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.

Thesaurus:
barrel noun C
•They got through two barrels of beer.
keg • • drum • • cylinder • • tank • • vat • • tub •
a beer barrel/keg
an oil barrel/drum/tank
fill a barrel/drum/cylinder/tank/vat/tub

Example Bank:
•I felt the gun barrel at my head.
•Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.
•She found herself looking down the barrel of a gun.
•The price of oil had fallen to $16 per barrel.
•They filled the barrels with cider.
•a barrel of beer/oil
•Crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $70 a barrel.
•The art of barrel-making is an ancient skill.
Idioms: ↑barrel of laughs ▪ ↑over a barrel

verb (-ll-, NAmE -l-)intransitive + adv./prep. (NAmE, informal)
to move very fast in a particular direction, especially in a way that you cannot control
•He came barreling down the hill and smashed into a phone booth.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.