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A keg is a round container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood in older times and usually of metal now, used for storing and serving beer. It is a kind of small barrel.
A kegkeg is a round container with a flat top and bottom是一種圓形的容器,上下是平的 made of wood in older times and usually of metal now以前是木頭做的,現在通常是金屬做的 used for storing and serving beer用來裝啤酒、倒啤酒用 It is a kind of small barrel它算是一種小型的barrel(大桶)
In pubs and at parties, beer is often pushed out of the keg with gas, so you get draught beer rather than bottles. People also talk about a keg of beer as a unit when they buy drink for a crowd.
In pubs and at parties在酒吧和派對裡 beer is often pushed out of the keg with gas啤酒常常是用氣體從keg裡推出來的 so you get draught beer rather than bottles所以你喝到的是draught beer(生啤酒),而不是瓶裝的 People also talk about a keg of beer as a unit人們也會用「a keg of beer」當作一個單位來說 when they buy drink for a crowd當他們幫一群人買酒的時候
The word is ordinary and slightly informal — more bar talk than textbook talk. Though actually, keg is smaller in feel than barrel: you say oil barrel, but beer keg.
The word is ordinary and slightly informal這個字很普通,帶點非正式的味道 more bar talk than textbook talk比較像是酒吧裡的用語,不是課本上的用語 Though actually不過其實 keg is smaller in feel than barrelkeg給人的感覺比barrel小 you say oil barrel, but beer keg你會說oil barrel(油桶),但是beer keg(啤酒桶)
In American college life, keg almost always points to party beer. You can meet a verb too, to keg beer, meaning to put it into kegs, but the everyday word is the container.
In American college life在美國的大學生活裡 keg almost always points to party beerkeg幾乎都是指派對上喝的啤酒 You can meet a verb too, to keg beer你也會遇到動詞的用法,to keg beer meaning to put it into kegs意思是把啤酒裝進keg裡 but the everyday word is the container但日常用的字還是指那個容器本身
組成It does not split. From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi, 'keg'. The modern sound keg (with e) comes from a dialect change; some dialects kept a form closer to kag.
同家族的字
- keggera kegger is a party named after the kegs of beer
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
kegnoun/kɛɡ/
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A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
- He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with his load.
kegverb/kɛɡ/
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To store in a keg.
- He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.
- Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.
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The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。