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
- Then he sent a boy to Great Claus to borrow a bushel measure.
因此他派一个孩子到大克劳斯家里去借一个斗来。 - Corn prices have surged from$ 6 a bushel in June to more than$ 8 now.
玉米价格现在已从6月份的每蒲式耳(bushel)6美元飙升到逾8美元。 - Current futures prices are above$ 7 a bushel for the first time since September 2008.
目前的小麦价格突破了每蒲式耳7美元,为2008年9月以来的首次。 - 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。 - 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。 - It pushed wheat prices to an all-time high of more than$ 13 a bushel in the US.
那场危机推动小麦价格在美国涨至有史以来的最高价每蒲式耳逾13美元。 - 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。 - 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。 - A bushel at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, the highest price paid in the US for any wheat variety.
在美国,这是所有小麦品种中价格最高的。