firkin

英 ['fɜːkɪn] 美['fɝkɪn]
  • 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。

英文词源


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.