"large cask or barrel," late 14c., presumably on some perceived resemblance. The original liquid measure was 63 old wine gallons (by a statute of 1423); later anywhere from 100 to 140 gallons. Borrowed into other Germanic languages, oddly, as ox-head (Dutch okshoofd, German oxhoft, Swedish oxhufvud).
雙語例句
1. He hid the lantern in Huck's sugar hogshead and the watch began.
他把燈籠藏在哈克的糖桶里,開始望風(fēng).
來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險
2. His thick arms crossed on his hogshead of a chest.
他的粗手交叉抱在寬厚的胸前.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. His thick arms crossed on a hogshead of a chest.