bushel
英 [ˈbʊʃl]
美 [ˈbʊʃl]
n. 蒲式耳(谷物和水果的容量单位,相当于8加仑); 大量; 很多
复数:bushels 现在分词:bushelling 过去式:bushelled 第三人称单数:bushels 过去分词:bushelled
Collins.1 / BNC.23679 / COCA.14359
习惯用语
n.
- hide your light under a bushel
- 不显露才能;不露锋芒
to not let people know that you are good at sth
牛津词典
noun
- 蒲式耳(谷物和水果的容量单位,相当于8加仑)
a unit for measuring grain and fruit (equal in volume to 8 gallons) - 大量;很多
a large amount of sth
柯林斯词典
- 蒲式耳(农作物的容量单位,相当于8加仑)
Abushelis a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons.
英英释义
noun
- a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
verb
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- She repaired her TV set
- Repair my shoes please
双语例句
- The Majority of vodkas are distilled from corn; it yields more vodka per bushel than other grains or potatoes.
大多数伏特加从玉米蒸馏而来,因为在同一个重量单位下,玉米比谷物和土豆会产生更多的伏特加。 - Yesterday, wheat prices rose to$ 9.13 a bushel, the highest level in two months.
小麦价格周三升至每蒲式耳9.13美元的两个月最高水平。 - Soyabean prices have doubled in a decade to$ 10 a bushel.
10年来,大豆价格已翻了一番,至每蒲式耳10美元。 - Become a producer and not a prisoner of society. Don't hide your light under a bushel.
成为社会的一个主持人,而不是一个囚徒。露出你的锋芒。 - Before you make friend, eat a bushel salt with him.
结交朋友前,先和他共吃斗盐,交友谊谨慎。 - In the old way of measuring, a British bushel is equal to eight gallons.
在旧的计量方法里,1英式蒲式耳等于8加仑。 - Don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel.
别用自己的斗去量别人的谷;勿以己度人。 - He was not a man much given to hiding his own brilliance under a bushel.
他并不是一个惯于把自己的才华藏而不露的人。 - Corn has been selling at more than 3 dollars a bushel, last year the average was 2 dollars.
玉米已经卖到超过三美元/英式斗,去年均价是两美元/英式斗。 - Where I come from, people like me come by the bushel.
在我们那里像我这样的人车载斗量,不可胜数。