pail

名词 pail:

1. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
   同义词：bucket
2. the quantity contained in a pail
   同义词：pailful

1. He lifted a pail of water from the ground.
   他把一桶水从地上提了起来。
2. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
   教育不是灌满一桶水，而是点燃一团生命的火焰。
3. I want a pail of milk.
   我想要一桶牛奶。
4. Will you carry a pail of water out of the well?
   你愿意从井里打桶水吗？

pail

n.（名词）
A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
桶：一种不漏水的圆柱形容器，顶部敞开并安有把手；水桶
The amount that a pail can hold.
一桶之量：水桶所能装水量

来源：
Middle English paile
中古英语 paile
probably from Old French paele [warming pan]
可能源自 古法语 paele [长柄炭炉]
perhaps from Latin patella [small pan] * see paella
可能源自 拉丁语 patella [小锅] *参见 paella

【引伸】
pail.ful.
n.（名词）