mid-15c., from Middle French casque "cask; helmet," from Spanish casco "skull, cask, helmet," originally "potsherd," from cascar "to break up," from Vulgar Latin *quassicare, frequentative of Latin quassare "to shake, shatter" (see quash). The sense evolution is unclear.
双语例句
1. I need a cask of wine and some apples.
我需要一桶酒和一些苹果.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The cask savours of the first fill.
酒桶长留初次装酒的香气.
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3. He drew some cognac from the cask into a tin cannikin.
他从酒桶里倒了一些白兰地到一只小锡杯里.
来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
4. The capacity of the mixing cask is about forty - one cubic feet.