| 单词 | pail |
| 释义 | pail noun[C] mainlyUSuk/peɪl/us/peɪl/abucket: 桶（同 bucket）Fill the pail withsand.把这只桶装满沙子。 It took several pails ofwater(= theamounta pailcontains)to put out thefire.用了好几桶水才把火扑灭。  mbongorus/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Containers for liquids and gases
pail| American Dictionarypail noun[C] us/peɪl/acontainer, usually with acurvedhandleattachedtooppositesidesof thetopedge: Shecarrieda pail ofwater. Examplesofpailpail The significance of collecting milk is further emphasised by the fact that the milkpailmust be wooden and not made of metal or pottery. From theCambridge English Corpus Separation of work and home brought the need for lunch pails and downtown restaurants. From theCambridge English Corpus Railway workers and sometimes soldiers sold pails of water or hats filled with water for exorbitant prices. From theCambridge English Corpus The fact that the same mathematics will explain the concave surface of water in apailwhether the pail or the universe is rotating defines the physicist's concept of equivalence. From theCambridge English Corpus They were concerned mainly with loose tools, pails and buckets and canteen equipment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One lad had his lunchpailwith him in the room. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I discussed this matter with an expert recently, and he described thepailused for milking as absolutely prehistoric. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why this crossing the river to fill thepail? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have already seen evidence of it in the increase in the number ofpail-time workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He got over the problem by providing them with pails. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The residents therefore suffer the indignity of using basins, pots, pans and pails to catch the water coming through the roof. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to do the hauling and the mucking about with pails and the rest of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer to fie lastpailof the question is in the affirmative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It permitted him to neglect his land, and the result was that we had full pails, fat cattle, thin farmers and poor land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He found that the crofters were sowing grain by taking apailunder one arm and throwing the grain out with one hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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