A cask is a round wooden barrel used to hold a drink while it sits — most often wine, beer, or whisky. People also use the word for the amount inside: “a cask of wine” can mean the barrel, or that much liquid. In everyday talk most people just say barrel; cask belongs more to wine shops, whisky labels, and British beer talk.

A cask is a round wooden barrelcask是一種圓形的木桶 used to hold a drink while it sits用來裝著飲料靜置 — most often wine, beer, or whisky——最常裝的是酒、啤酒，或威士忌。People also use the word for the amount inside大家也會用這個字指桶裡裝的量: "a cask of wine" can mean the barrel, or that much liquid『a cask of wine（一桶酒）』可以是指那個桶子，也可以是指那麼多的酒。In everyday talk most people just say barrel日常說話大部分人就直接說barrel cask belongs more to wine shops, whisky labels, and British beer talkcask比較常出現在酒莊、威士忌標籤，還有英國講啤酒的場合。

In Britain, cask ale is beer that is still alive in the cask itself, not beer that was finished in a factory tank, so the word there is a little proud, not only a container. Casks are usually oak.

In Britain, cask ale is beer that is still alive in the cask itself在英國，cask ale是還在桶子裡「活著」發酵的啤酒 not beer that was finished in a factory tank不是在工廠槽裡就已經做好的啤酒 so the word there is a little proud, not only a container所以這個字在這裡帶點自豪的味道，不只是在講容器。Casks are usually oakcask通常是橡木做的。

Though actually, the fat cellar barrel you picture is right for a lot of wine, but a cask can be smaller than that, and whisky is often put into a cask that once held something else, like old sherry. It is not a box, and it is not a metal drum.

Though actually, the fat cellar barrel you picture is right for a lot of wine不過其實你想像中那種胖胖的酒窖木桶，對很多酒來說是對的 but a cask can be smaller than that但cask也可以比那個更小 and whisky is often put into a cask that once held something else, like old sherry而且威士忌常常會裝進之前裝過別的東西的桶子，像是裝過雪莉酒的舊桶。It is not a box, and it is not a metal drum它不是箱子，也不是金屬桶。