barreling, carrying capacity, wheelbarrow, overpopulation

From WSJ Opinion: The U.S. is barreling toward a repeat of the Obama nuclear deal with Iran despite no inspector access to crucial sites.

 

Icy Storm Barrels Across Central U.S., Leaving Millions Without Power By David Montgomery, Campbell Robertson, Clifford Krauss and Marie Fazio The snowstorm covered a huge part of the country, including states unaccustomed to slick roads and a deep freeze.

A boy pushes a wheelbarrow full of dried fish. 1930’s Liinahamari, Petsamo, Finland. (Fred Runeberg)

"We are barrelling towards an incoherent Brexit that is going to leave us trapped in a subordinate relationship to the EU," Jo Johnson says.

Typhoon Lan barrels toward Japan, bringing ferocious winds

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....."車費"似不可譯 carfare
我想那時的梵王渡只有獨輪的"小車"(wheelbarrow) 決沒有car
我改為 transportation fare
或可逕譯為 "wheelbarrow fare"
乞請教..... (胡適致傅安明 1961/10/23)

Mercedes sent an 18-wheeler barreling down the Autobahn recently, while the driver surfed the Internet for recipes on a tablet computer. Oh yeah, the trucker's hands didn't touch the wheel either.http://cnn.it/1vKo5bh

Truck of the future aims to drive itself

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Overpopulation
 Is Not the Problem

By ERLE C. ELLIS

There really is no such thing as a human carrying capacity on the earth.

After Barreling Ahead in Recession, China Finally Slows

By KEITH BRADSHER 59 minutes ago

China, which has driven global growth as the United States and Europe struggled, is seeing a real estate downturn, stalling exports and a drop in consumer confidence.

carrying capacity

Syllabification: (car·ry·ing ca·pac·i·ty)

noun

• the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.
• Ecology the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.

A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind. The term "wheelbarrow" is made of two words: "wheel" and "barrow." "Barrow" is a derivation of the Old English "bearwe" which was a device used for carrying loads. Some people incorrectly substitute the word "barrel" in place of "barrow" as this seems to make more sense (possibly because the cavity in a wheelbarrow resembles a half-barrel).

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n. - 獨輪手推車, 手推車

雞公車 (Szechuan dial.) a wheelbarrow;

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barrel

 (băr'əl)
n.

1. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.
2. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.
3. (Abbr. bar. or bbl. or bl.) Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the U.S. Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (120 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage.
4. The cylindrical part or hollow shaft of any of various mechanisms, as:
   1. The metal, cylindrical part of a firearm through which the bullet travels.
   2. A cylinder that contains a movable piston.
   3. The drum of a capstan.
   4. The cylinder within the mechanism of a timepiece that contains the mainspring.
5. The trunk of a quadruped animal, such as a horse or cow.
6. Informal. A large quantity: a barrel of fun.
7. Slang. An act or instance of moving rapidly, often recklessly, in a motor vehicle.

adj.
Likened to a barrel, as in shape: a barrel chest; barrel hips.


v., -reled, or -relled, -rel·ing, or -rel·ling, -rels, or -rels. v.tr.
To put or pack in a barrel.

v.intr. Slang
To move at a high speed or rate of progress: "That the European Union barreled ahead was not surprising" (Richard W. Stevenson).

to travel somewhere very quickly:

We were barrelling along the autobahn at 180 kph.

barrel

/ˈbar(ə)l/

verb

gerund or present participle: barrelling

1. 1.

   INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN

   drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.

   
   

   "they shot him and then barreled away in the truck"
2. 2.

   put into a barrel or barrels.

   
   

   "when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour"

idioms:
on the barrel (or barrelhead)

1. Granting, giving, or requesting no credit: paid cash on the barrel for the car.

over a barrel

1. In a very awkward position from which extrication is difficult: During the negotiations the opposing faction had us over a barrel.

[Middle English barel, from Old French baril.]