pail, barrel, bucket都可以表示“桶”,那么它们有什么区别呢?

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pail n.〈尤美〉桶。

(辨析)通常用于装液体之物,一般由木头或金属制成。

(例证) Two pails of water are needed in order to make a meal.

做一顿饭需要两桶水。

How did you clean the milk pail?

你是怎么清理牛奶桶的?

barrel n.桶;一桶。

(辨析)指中间鼓起的大桶,多由木头或金属制成,通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等,也常用作原油的计量单位。

(例证) empty beer barrels

空啤酒桶

Our wine is aged in oak barrels.

我们的葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。

Oil prices remained as low as $22 per barrel.

原油价格保持在每桶22美元的低价位。

bucket n.桶。

(辨析)可装各种东西,尤指液体之物。

(例证) He can lift two buckets of water at the same time.

他可以同时提起两桶水。

She stored the cracked wheat in a bucket.

她把碾碎的小麦储存在桶里。

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