hogshead

n. 大桶 [化] 猪头桶(装酒用52.5加仑容量桶)

发音

UK /ˈhɒɡzˌhɛd/
US /ˈhɑɡzˌhɛd/
US /ˈhɔɡz-/

词形变化

hogsheads 复数 hogsheads

别名

hhd.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).

  2. 2.

    A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.

    大桶

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

barrel cask

部分词 2

barrel bbl

相关短语

couch a hogshead couches a hogshead couching a hogshead couched a hogshead

词源

From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog + -s- + head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”.

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