Hogshead

(noun.) a large cask especially one holding 63 gals.

(noun.) a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages.

盖尔校对

• The enterprising Teuton divided a hogshead into two parts. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They brought me a second hogshead, which I drank in the same manner, and made signs for more; but they had none to give me. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• She drank out of a golden cup, above a hogshead at a draught. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• About 96,000 hogsheads of tobacco are annually purchased in Virginia and Maryland with a part of the surplus produce of British industry. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We imported about ninety-six thousand hogsheads, and the home consumption was not supposed to exceed fourteen thousand. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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