pail是英語名詞，指帶把手的圓柱形開口容器，用於盛裝液體，英式發音為[peɪl]。該詞在美式英語中常用，而英式英語多使用“bucket”替代。
其基本語義圍繞容器展開，常見搭配包括鐵桶（iron pail）等。除實物指涉外，該詞可作比喻使用。
詞源可追溯至14世紀中葉，源於古法語paele及拉丁語patella（小鍋）。核心語義自中世紀沿用至今。
基本介紹
- 外文名：pail
- 詞性：名詞
單詞發音,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞發音
英[peɪl]；美[peɪl]
短語搭配
dinner pail飯盒 ; 餐盒
plate pail餐具筐
iron pail鐵桶
雙語例句
1、Education is not filling of a pail but lighting of a fire.
教育的目的不是要灌滿桶里的水，而是引燃一堆篝火。
2、The child can dump everything into another pail or on the floor again.
孩子可以轉儲一切到另一個桶，或再次發言。
3、Dreaming of an empty pail can denote so many things, all of which are adverse; from hunger to loss.
夢寐以求的一個空的桶可以代表很多事情，所有這一切都是不利的；免於飢餓的損失。
- Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals. 吉姆提著一隻錫皮桶，蹦蹦跳跳地從大門口走出來，嘴裡唱著“布法羅的女娃們”。
- "That's a living child," I said in a shaking voice, pointing at the slops pail. “但是那是一個活生生的孩子啊！”我指著那溺死女嬰的桶，聲音顫抖地說道。
- For young kids, a pail and spade make a good gift or even a colorful beach ball. 對小孩子們來說，一隻桶和一把鏟子是很好的禮物，或者甚至一個色彩鮮艷的沙灘球也是。
- A few minutes after, a Bricklayer passed by, carrying a pail full of plaster on his shoulder. 幾分鐘後，一個泥水匠走過，肩上扛著一桶石灰。
- The poor woman can hardly drag herself along, and she must now drag the pail home from the fountain. 這個可憐的女人都快走不動路了，但現在她還是得得把這桶水從井裡拖回家去。
- A woman heaved a pail of water at policemen and people behind her threw rocks, according to a Chinalco video and security photos. 根據中鋁的錄像和安全部門的照片，一位婦女向警察舉起了一桶水，在她後面的人扔起了石塊。
- Neighbours report that the milkman would leave his pail at the gate each morning without knocking. 鄰居說送奶工每天早上會把桶放在門口，而並不敲門。
- The witch that came to wash the steps with pail and rag was once the beauty Abishag, the picture pride of Hollywood. 那個提著水桶和抹布擦洗台階的女巫曾經是美人亞比煞，好萊塢里最值得驕傲的記憶。
- Water spilled from the pail. 水從桶中溢出。《新英漢大辭典》
- No pail and shovel required. 不需要桶或鏟子。
- God gives the milk, but not the pail. 上帝賜牛奶，桶要自己買。
- You do look a little pail. 你看起來是有點蒼白。
- He lifted a pail of water from the ground. 他把一桶水從地上提了起來。
- She can lift a pail of water from the ground. 她能把一桶水提起來。
- Some use a pound of alum to a full pail of water. 也有人把一磅明礬加到了一滿桶裡邊。
- I noticed there was a hole in the bottom of his pail. 這時我注意到，他那水桶的底下有一個窟窿
- His assistant followed him , carrying a paint pail and a pan. 他的手提著一個顏料提桶和一個盤子跟在他後面。
- Jail life made the frail retailer avail every snail in the pail. 監獄生活使虛弱的零售商人幫助每個在桶里的蝸牛。
- The midwife must have dropped that tiny baby alive into the slops pail! 原來產婆直接把小孩活活扔到污水桶里了！
- A milkmaid was going to the market.She carried her milk in a pail on her head. 一個送牛奶的女孩去市場。她手裡拎著一桶奶。
- ‘That’s a living child,’ I said in a shaking voice, pointing at the slops pail. “但是那是一個活生生的孩子啊！”我指著那溺死女嬰的桶，聲音顫抖地控訴道。
- 'That's a living child,' I said in a shaking voice, pointing at the slops pail. ‘那可是活生生的小孩啊！’我指著污水桶，嗓音都在發抖。
- For young kids a pail and spade make a good gift or even a colorful beach ball. 對孩子們來說，桶和鐵鍬是很好的禮物，或者色彩鮮艷的沙灘球也可以。
