hogshead是什么意思？

hogshead

英['hɒgzhed] 美['hɒgzˌhed]

• n. 大桶，液量单位；

例句

• His thick arms crossed on a hogshead of a chest. 他的两只粗壮的胳膊,在大桶一般的胸前交叉着.
• His thick arms crossed on his hogshead of a chest. 他的粗手交叉抱在宽厚的胸前.
• He hid the lantern in Huck's sugar hogshead and the watch began. 他把灯笼藏在哈克的糖桶里,开始望风.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
  2. a large cask especially one holding 63 gals