pail

单词音标

pail音标[peil]

汉语翻译

n. 桶, 提桶

词型变化

名词:pailful

英语解释

名词 pail:

a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

同义词：bucket

the quantity contained in a pail

同义词：pailful

例句

He lifted a pail of water from the ground.

他把一桶水从地上提了起来。

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

教育不是灌满一桶水，而是点燃一团生命的火焰。

I want a pail of milk.

我想要一桶牛奶。

Will you carry a pail of water out of the well?

你愿意从井里打桶水吗？

详细解释

pail

n.（名词）

A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.

桶：一种不漏水的圆柱形容器，顶部敞开并安有把手；水桶

The amount that a pail can hold.

一桶之量：水桶所能装水量

来源：

Middle English paile

中古英语 paile

probably from Old French paele [warming pan]

可能源自 古法语 paele [长柄炭炉]

perhaps from Latin patella [small pan] * see paella

可能源自 拉丁语 patella [小锅] *参见 paella

【引伸】

pail.ful.

n.（名词）