firkin
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firkin词义
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n. 容量名；木制小桶
中文词源
firkin 小桶
fir-, 四分之一，词源同fourth. -kin, 小词后缀。即四分之一桶，用来指一种小桶。
firkin英文词源
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- firkin (n.)
- "small cask," late 14c., apparently from Middle Dutch *vierdekijn, diminutive of vierde, literally "fourth, fourth part" (see fourth); so called because it usually is the fourth part of a barrel.