hogsheadn.
1. large cask for holding liquor大酒桶。
△1H.IV.2.4.4: “With three or four loggerheads amongst three or four score hogsheads.”跟三四个饭桶在七八十个酒桶中间瞎聊。
△L.L.L.4.2. 89 (87): “piercing a hogshead !”i.e.(slang) getting drunk. （俚语）刺穿大酒桶，（意即）喝醉。
2. ❶large wine-barrel大酒桶。
❷swinish person胖猪一般的人。
△2H.IV.2.4.66 (62): “Can a weak emptyvessel bear such a huge full hogshead?”一个软弱中空的器皿怎么能承受得了这么一只满满的大酒桶？ |