tun

tun
noun
  1. a large beer or wine cask
    大(啤)酒桶
    ■a brewer's fermenting-vat
    (酿酒用的)发酵桶
  2. an imperial measure of capacity, equal to 4 hogsheads
    桶(英容量单位等于4大桶)
  3. (亦作 tun shell)a large marine mollusc which has a rounded barrel-like shell with broad spirals
    鹑螺
  4. Family Tonnidae, class Gastropoda
    鹑螺科,腹足纲
(tunned, tunning)
  1. [with obj.](archaic)store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun
    (古)用大酒桶藏(酒)
语源
  1. Old English tunne, from medieval Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin
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