barrel

barril, tonel

Recipiente grande y redondo, con lados curvos, que sirve para guardar líquidos, mercancías o basura.

En inglés sencillo: A large round container with curved sides, used to hold liquids, goods, or rubbish.

• The barrel is empty.
• They stored wine in wooden barrels.
• Put the rubbish in that metal barrel.

Sinónimos: cask

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden barrel, empty barrel, trash barrel

cañón

Tubo largo de un arma por el que pasa la bala al disparar.

En inglés sencillo: The long tube of a gun through which a bullet travels when fired.

• The gun has a long barrel.
• He cleaned the barrel of his rifle.
• Never look down a gun barrel.

Expresiones frecuentes: gun barrel, rifle barrel, barrel of something

barril

Cantidad que cabe en un barril; también se usa como unidad para medir petróleo.

En inglés sencillo: The amount that fills one large round container, also used as a measure for oil.

• We bought a barrel of beer.
• Oil prices rose to eighty dollars per barrel.
• The company produces thousands of barrels each day.

Expresiones frecuentes: barrel of oil, barrel of beer, per barrel

cilindro, tubo

Tubo resistente de metal que forma parte de una máquina u otro equipo.

En inglés sencillo: A strong metal tube forming part of a machine or other equipment.

• The pump barrel is made of steel.
• A piston moves inside the barrel.
• The engineer replaced the damaged barrel.

Sinónimos: tube, cylinder

Expresiones frecuentes: pump barrel, steel barrel, barrel assembly

barrilete

Tubo corto que une la boquilla del clarinete con su sección superior principal.

En inglés sencillo: The short tube joining a clarinet’s mouthpiece to its main upper section.

• The clarinet needs a new barrel.
• A longer barrel can lower the pitch.
• She fitted the mouthpiece into the barrel.

Expresiones frecuentes: clarinet barrel, barrel length, barrel joint

tronco

Parte central y redondeada del cuerpo de un caballo, que incluye las costillas y el vientre.

En inglés sencillo: The rounded middle part of a horse’s body, including its ribs and belly.

• The pony has a broad barrel.
• The girth passes around the horse’s barrel.
• Her legs rested against the barrel as she rode.

Expresiones frecuentes: horse barrel, broad barrel, rounded barrel

precipitarse, ir a toda velocidad

Moverse a toda velocidad, a menudo sin mucho control.

En inglés sencillo: To move very fast, often with little control.

• The truck barrelled down the hill.
• He came barreling around the corner.
• A cyclist barrelled past us without slowing down.

Cómo se usa: barrel down/along something (The bus barrelled along the narrow road.); barrel into someone/something (He barrelled into me outside the shop.)

Sinónimos: rush, race, charge

Expresiones frecuentes: barrel down something, barrel through something, barrel into something