barrel是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 圆桶, 一桶的量, 枪管 vt. 把. . . 装桶，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But here the cord was not more than ten fathoms long, and the extremity was attached to a small barrel which, by floating, was to show the course the dugong took under the water.
-- But the barrel soon returned to the surface, and shortly after the body of the animal, turned on its back.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I suppose one boy said to the other, 'You look down the barrel while I pull the trigger, and see what happens.'
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