1. What is the volume of this barrel.
    这个桶的容积是多少?

2. They sent me a barrel of beer.
    他们送我一（大）桶啤酒。

3. Humboldt, impatient to discover where the electricity had disappeared to, put his hand into the barrel.
    洪堡因为急于要查明电流的去向，便将手伸进了桶内。

4. And while the steamer worked and sweated in the sun, the retired artist sat on a barrel in the shade close by, eating his apple.
    于是当轮船在烈日下干活流汗时，退休艺术家坐在旁边树荫下的木桶上吃着苹果。

5. Some eels were put in a barrel of water.
    一些电鳗被放到了一桶水里。

6. My shoulder hurt wickedly each time I put another full barrel on it, and my legs occasionally trembled as I was heading to the street. But the rest of me said, "Go, trashman, go."
    每次我将满满的一桶垃圾扛上肩，肩膀就痛得厉害，有时侯扛着垃圾朝街上走，腿都打颤，可我心里却对自己说：“挺住，垃圾工，要挺住啊。”

7. Insulted, I throw my lunch into the trash barrel and let Sam lead me to the swings.
    我觉得受了侮辱，于是把午饭扔进垃圾桶里，随山姆来到了秋千旁。