1630s, earlier kag (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kaggi "keg, cask," of unknown origin. Cognate with Swedish kagge, Norwegian kagg. Specific sense of "barrel of beer" is from 1945. U.S. student slang kegger "party featuring a keg of beer" attested by 1969.
雙語例句
1. Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.
除非這些問題得到解決，否則該地區(qū)會(huì)一直是個(gè)火藥桶。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The bar tender tapped a new keg of beer.
酒吧招待開了一桶新啤酒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. A keg bobbed up astern.
一只小圓桶突然在船尾出現(xiàn).
來自辭典例句
4. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor.
他肩上馱著一個(gè)似乎裝滿了酒的大桶.
來自辭典例句
5. The man that opens that door gets himself a keg of trouble.