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.
权威例句
1. Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.
除非这些问题得到解决,否则该地区会一直是个火药桶。
2. The bar tender tapped a new keg of beer.
酒吧招待开了一桶新啤酒.
3. A keg bobbed up astern.
一只小圆桶突然在船尾出现.
4. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg that seemed full of liquor.
他肩上驮着一个似乎装满了酒的大桶.
5. The man that opens that door gets himself a keg of trouble.