keg

• n. 小桶

來自古諾斯語kaggi,小桶。

keg (n.)

1630s, earlier kag (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kaggi "keg, cask," of unknown origin. Cognate with Swedish kagge, Norwegian kagg. Specific sense of "barrel of beer" is from 1945. U.S. student slang kegger "party featuring a keg of beer" attested by 1969.

1. Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.

除非這些問題得到解決，否則該地區會一直是個火藥桶。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The bar tender tapped a new keg of beer.

酒吧招待開了一桶新啤酒.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A keg bobbed up astern.

一隻小圓桶突然在船尾出現.

來自辭典例句

4. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor.

他肩上馱著一個似乎裝滿了酒的大桶.

來自辭典例句

5. The man that opens that door gets himself a keg of trouble.

打開那個門的男人會惹上麻煩的.

來自電影對白