puncheon
- 英式英标[\'pʌntʃən]
- 美式音标[\'pʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n]
英文词源
- puncheon (n.1)
- "barrel or cask for soap or liquor; iron vessel," c. 1400, from Old French ponchon, ponson "wine vessel" (13c.), of unknown origin. Uncertain connection with puncheon "slab of timber, strut, wooden beam used as a support in building" (mid-14c.). Punch (n.2) in the drink sense is too late to be the source of the "cask" sense.
- puncheon (n.2)
- "pointed tool for punching or piercing" used by masons, also "die for coining or seal-making," mid-14c.; see punch (n.1). Meaning "stamp, die" is from c. 1500, a specialized use.
实用例句
- 1. Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block - house like a rum puncheon.
- 要不了一个小时, 我就将你们这座木屋像朗姆酒桶一样砸个稀巴烂.
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- 2. Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block - house a rum puncheon.
- 不出一个钟头, 我就要把你们的老木屋像郎姆酒桶似地凿穿.
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