barreling is barrel's Present Participle

barrel

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  • n.桶；枪管；一桶（的量）；桶；枪筒；【机】圆筒；桶装
  • v.把…装桶；〈美俚〉高速行进；飞驰
  • Web滚光加工；鼓度；平行研磨
Plural Form：barrels  Past Tense：barrelled  Past Tense：barreled  Present Participle：barrelling  Present Participle：barreling  

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barreling
n.
1.
桶a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides
a beer/wine barrel
啤酒桶；葡萄酒桶
2.
一桶（的量）；桶（石油计量单位，相当于 120 到 159 升）the contents of or the amount contained in a barrel ; a unit of measurement in the oil industry equal to between 120 and 159 litres
They got through two barrels of beer.
他们喝了两桶啤酒。
Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel.
石油价格降到了每桶 9 元。
3.
枪管the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired
IDM
Life hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.
最近生活并不十分令人开心。
a barrel of laughs
很有趣；开心；快乐very amusing; a lot of fun
Life hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.
最近生活并不十分令人开心。
They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.
他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件，要么损失这笔钱。
(get/have sb) over a barrel
(informal)
（使某人）听从摆布，处于被动地位(to put/have sb) in a situation in which they must accept or do what you want
They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.
他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件，要么损失这笔钱。
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(informal)
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（无法控制地）高速行进，飞驰to move very fast in a particular direction, especially in a way that you cannot control
He came barreling down the hill and smashed into a phone booth.
他沿山坡飞驰下来，撞进了一个电话亭。

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AllAll,桶桶,枪管枪管,一桶一桶,枪筒枪筒,圆筒圆筒,桶装桶装,把…装桶把…装桶,〈美俚〉高速行进〈美俚〉高速行进,飞驰飞驰,滚光加工滚光加工,鼓度鼓度,平行研磨平行研磨
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While we're trying to figure out whether it's appropriate to tag a tipsy friend in a Facebook photo, software engineers are barreling ahead.
当我们还在试图弄明白标记Facebook照片中一位烂醉的朋友是否合适时，软件工程师已经抢在了我们前面。
dāng wǒ men hái zài shì tú nòng míng bái biāo jì Facebook zhào piàn zhōng yī wèi làn zuì de péng yǒu shì fǒu hé shì shí , ruǎn jiàn gōng chéng shī yǐ jīng qiǎng zài le wǒ men qián mian 。
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2.
She maintains that if both sides are barreling down on her, it must mean she's doing something right; it proves her independence.
她认为，如果民主党和共和党都对她不满，那一定说明她在做着一些正确的事，说明她没被他人意见左右。
tā rèn wéi , rú guǒ mín zhǔ dǎng hé gòng hé dǎng dōu duì tā bù mǎn , nà yí dìng shuō míng tā zài zuò zhe yì xiē zhèng què de shì , shuō míng tā méi bèi tā rén yì jiàn zuǒ yòu 。
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Riding the swell like a cork, I'd sink into a trough, only to find the next wave barreling over me.
我就像骑着一个木塞一样地骑着海浪，我要游入一个波谷，为的知识找到下一个能遮蔽我的海浪。
wǒ jiù xiàng qí zhe yī gè mù sài yí yàng de qí zhe hǎi làng , wǒ yào yóu rù yī gè bō gǔ , wèi de zhī shi zhǎo dào xià yī gè néng zhē bì wǒ de hǎi làng 。
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4.
The car was barreling down the hill when one of the front tires blew out .
前胎中的一只爆开时，这部车正快速地从山坡上开下来。
qián tāi zhōng de yī zhī bào kāi shí , zhè bù chē zhèng kuài sù de cóng shān pō shàng kāi xià lái 。
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People sitting next to a hole this size would face a half a ton of force barreling against them in the direction of the hole.
坐在洞旁边的人会面临半吨的力把他们往洞的方向推。
zuò zài dòng páng biān de rén huì miàn lín bàn dūn de lì bǎ tā men wǎng dòng de fāng xiàng tuī 。
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6.
But that doesn't mean the "market" has any right to be ignorant of events that are barreling down the pike toward it.
但是，这并不意味着“市场”有权不知道纷至沓来的重大事件。
dàn shì , zhè bìng bù yì wèi zhe " shì chǎng " yǒu quán bù zhī dào fēn zhì tà lái de zhòng dà shì jiàn 。
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7.
Once he was barreling down an Arkansas highway at ninety-five miles per hour when a state police car, with siren screaming, gave chase.
一次，他在阿肯色州公路上飙车，开到了每小时95英里，这时，一辆州警车拉响警报追来。
yī cì , tā zài ā kěn sè zhōu gōng lù shàng biāo chē , kāi dào le měi xiǎo shí jiǔ shí wǔ yīng lǐ , zhè shí , yī liàng zhōu jǐng chē lā xiǎng jǐng bào zhuī lái 。
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But even with all the huge log- haulers barreling around the turns, mostly people walked away.
尽管有巨大的拉木机树立在拐弯处，但多数人选择绕开这条路。
jǐn guǎn yǒu jù dà de lā mù jī shù lì zài guǎi wān chù , dàn duō shù rén xuǎn zé rào kāi zhè tiáo lù 。
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9.
An unmanned train is barreling down the tracks loaded with toxic material and heading for a town full of innocent people.
一列无人驾驶的列车正沿着铁轨向前疾驰，车上载着有毒的化学物质；
yī liè wú rén jià shǐ de liè chē zhèng yán zhe tiě guǐ xiàng qián jí chí , chē shàng zǎi zhe yǒu dú de huà xué wù zhì ;
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He came barreling down the hill and smashed into a phone booth.
他沿山坡飞奔下来，撞在了一个电话亭上。
tā yán shān pō fēi bēn xià lái , zhuàng zài le yī gè diàn huà tíng shàng 。
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