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tun

/tʊn/

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noun

大桶，酒桶。

A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

Examples :

"The brewery workers carefully rolled the tun of ale into the aging cellar. "

啤酒厂的工人们小心地把那桶大麦酒滚进了窖藏室。

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noun

大桶, 缸.

A fermenting vat.

Examples :

"The family used the old wooden tun to ferment their homemade apple cider. "

这家用旧木桶来发酵自制的苹果酒。

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noun

桶，大酒桶

An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.

Examples :

"The wine merchant ordered a tun of claret from France, hoping to satisfy the demand for the popular vintage. "

这位酒商从法国订购了一大桶红葡萄酒，希望能满足对这种受欢迎年份酒的需求。

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noun

吨

A weight of 2,240 pounds.

Examples :

"The old ship could carry over a hundred tun of cargo, mostly tea and spices from the East. "

那艘旧船能装载一百多吨货物，主要是来自东方的茶叶和香料。(Nà sōu jiù chuán néng zhuāngzài yībǎi duō dūn huòwù, zhǔyào shì láizì dōngfāng de cháyè hé xiāngliào.)

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noun

大量，许多

An indefinite large quantity.

Examples :

"After the harvest, they had a tun of apples to make cider. "

收获之后，他们有大量的苹果可以用来做苹果酒。

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noun

醉汉，酒鬼。

Examples :

"The old man, a notorious tun, was always seen slurring his words at the corner store. "

那个老头是个出了名的酒鬼，总是被人看见他在街角商店口齿不清地说着话。

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noun

大法螺，樽。

Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.

Examples :

"The child proudly displayed the large, spiraled tun she found on the beach, showing it to her mother as a unique seashell. "

孩子骄傲地展示着她在海滩上捡到的大法螺，向妈妈炫耀着这枚特别的海螺。

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noun

隐生状态，休眠状态

The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.

Examples :

"The dried-up tardigrade, seemingly lifeless, was actually in a tun, waiting for the return of water to revive it. "

这只干瘪的缓步动物，看起来毫无生机，实际上正处于隐生状态（tun），等待着水分的回归来让它复苏。

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verb

装入大桶，灌入桶中。

To put into tuns, or casks.

Examples :

"The brewery workers carefully tunned the newly fermented beer into large oak casks for aging. "

啤酒厂的工人们小心地将新发酵好的啤酒灌入大型橡木桶中进行陈酿。

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noun

Tun，玛雅历，360天周期。

A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.

Examples :

"The Maya scholar explained that a tun is a period of 360 days, roughly equivalent to our year but with a slightly different calculation. "

玛雅学者解释说，一个Tun相当于360天，大约相当于我们的一年，只是计算方式略有不同。

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