English Dictionary

tun

/tʌn/

noun

A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. / (brewing) A fermenting vat.

I saw a tun of wine at the winery.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(brewing) A fermenting vat.

意味（3）

(historical) An old English liquid measure, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.

Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

意味（4）

A weight of 2,240 pounds.

意味（5）

An indefinite large quantity.

He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit, / This tun of treasure; and, in lieu of this, / Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim / Hear no more of you.

意味（6）

(archaic, humorous or derogatory) A drunkard.

意味（7）

Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.

意味（8）

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