c. 1300, from Old French baril (12c.) "barrel, cask, vat," with cognates in all Romance languages (such as Italian barile, Spanish barril), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to bar (n.1). Meaning "metal tube of a gun" is from 1640s. Barrel roll in aeronautics is from 1927.
barrel (v.)
mid-15c., "to put in barrels," from barrel (n.). Meaning "to move quickly" is 1930, American English slang, perhaps suggestive of a rolling barrel. Related: Barreled; barreling.
例文
1. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel .
彼らは錆びたドラム缶の中で薪を燃やして保温した。
2.You 'll eat so much your belly 'll be like a barrel .
大きな酒樽のようにお腹がふくらんでしまいます。
3.Pork- barrel politicians hand out rents to win votes and influence people.