hogsheadn. 1. large cask for holding liquor大酒桶。 △1H.IV.2.4.4: “With three or four loggerheads amongst three or four score hogsheads.”跟三四個(gè)飯桶在七八十個(gè)酒桶中間瞎聊。 △L.L.L.4.2. 89 (87): “piercing a hogshead !”i.e.(slang) getting drunk. (俚語(yǔ))刺穿大酒桶,(意即)喝醉。 2. ?large wine-barrel大酒桶。 ?swinish person胖豬一般的人。 △2H.IV.2.4.66 (62): “Can a weak emptyvessel bear such a huge full hogshead?”一個(gè)軟弱中空的器皿怎么能承受得了這么一只滿(mǎn)滿(mǎn)的大酒桶? |