| 词汇 | pail |
| 释义 | pail noun[ C ] mainly USuk /peɪl/ us /peɪl/ a bucket: 桶（同 bucket） Fill the pail with sand.把这只桶装满沙子。 It took several pails of water (= the amount a pail contains) to put out the fire.用了好几桶水才把火扑灭。 mbongorus/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Containers for liquids and gases aerosol amphora bottle bucket bulk tank churn flagon growler hip flask hot-water bottle hottie oxygen tank siphon sprayer squeeze bottle stoup stubby Thermos tin can tinnie pail | American Dictionarypail noun[ C ] us/peɪl/ a container, usually with a curved handle attached to opposite sides of the top edge: She carried a pail of water. Examples of pailpail The significance of collecting milk is further emphasised by the fact that the milk pail must be wooden and not made of metal or pottery. Separation of work and home brought the need for lunch pails and downtown restaurants. Railway workers and sometimes soldiers sold pails of water or hats filled with water for exorbitant prices. The fact that the same mathematics will explain the concave surface of water in a pail whether the pail or the universe is rotating defines the physicist's concept of equivalence. 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One lad had his lunch pail with him in the room. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I discussed this matter with an expert recently, and he described the pail used for milking as absolutely prehistoric. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why this crossing the river to fill the pail? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have already seen evidence of it in the increase in the number of pail-time workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer to fie last pail of the question is in the affirmative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He found that the crofters were sowing grain by taking a pail under one arm and throwing the grain out with one hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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