[with negative](informal)a source of amusement or pleasure
(非正式)快樂(lè)之源
life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment.
此刻生活并非歡樂(lè)無(wú)限。
(informal, chiefly US)with unrestrained force or emotion
(非正式， 主 美)全力以赴；全情投入
Granting, giving, or requesting no credit
以現(xiàn)金的，現(xiàn)付的：不承認(rèn)、不給或不要信用卡的
paid cash on the barrel for the car.
付現(xiàn)金買了這輛車
In a very awkward position from which extrication is difficult
困境：很難擺脫的艱難處境
During the negotiations the opposing faction had us over a barrel.
在談判中，那個(gè)對(duì)抗的派別使我們一籌莫展