Word · Frequency #16695
casks
桶；大桶；酒桶
casks is the plural of cask.
核心释义
a large cylindrical container for holding liquids, especially a barrel used for alcoholic drinks
- 1.
一种储存液体的大桶,尤指酒精饮料。
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
- 2.
一桶的容量
the quantity a cask will hold
- 3.
盛液体的圆柱形容器,桶
a cylindrical container that holds liquids
一桶的容量；一桶之量；一种储存液体的大桶,尤指酒精饮料。；一桶的容量；盛液体的圆柱形容器,桶；桶
用法In use
The winery stores its best red wine in an old oak cask.
用法提示：cask 作名词，意为“大木桶”，在本句中作介词 in 的宾语。
We bought a whole cask of cider for the party.
用法提示：cask 作名词，表示“一桶的容量”，在这里用 of 结构修饰 cider。
The workers rolled the heavy casks onto the truck.
用法提示：casks 是 cask 的复数形式，作动词 rolled 的宾语，指盛液体的容器。
a cask of [liquid]
cask 作量词，后面通常接液体名词；复数形式为 casks。
The pub ordered a cask of cider.
这家酒吧订购了一桶苹果酒。
age/mature [something] in [a/the] cask
常用被动语态描述陈酿过程，介词用 in。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- cask ale
- 木桶熟成啤酒
- This pub sells a range of cask ales from local breweries.这家酒吧供应多种当地啤酒厂生产的木桶熟成啤酒。
- oak cask
- 橡木桶
- The wine is matured in French oak casks for two years.这款葡萄酒在法国橡木桶中陈酿两年。
- cask of wine
- 一桶葡萄酒
- They ordered a cask of wine for the wedding reception.他们为婚宴订购了一桶葡萄酒。
- cask strength
- 原桶强度（威士忌）
- This distillery is known for its cask strength single malt.这家酿酒厂以其原桶强度单一麦芽威士忌而闻名。
- tap a cask
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：cask 发音像“卡斯克”，想象酒馆里一只刻着“卡斯克”的大啤酒桶，稳立着专存酒液。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：酿酒与储酒、威士忌/葡萄酒行业、酒吧供应桶装啤酒 cask 是较中性的常用词，多用于酿酒、储酒或描述桶装容器；它既不算正式书面语，也不算特别口语，通常根据具体场合使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式为 casks。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
ask, mask, task, and flask rhyme with cask: /æsk/. Cast is a useful lookalike: it shares the spelling 'cas' but ends with /st/, not /sk/. Casket also looks like cask but has an extra syllable /ɪt/ and is not a rhyme.
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