ullage: [15] Ullage denotes the amount of unfilled space in a wine bottle or barrel. It goes back ultimately to Latin oculus ‘eye’ (a distant relative of English eye), in the metaphorical sense ‘bung-hole of a barrel’. As the word passed into Old French as oeil, this meaning followed it, and it formed the basis of a varb ouiller ‘fill up a barrel to the bung-hole’. From this was derived ouillage, which English acquired via Anglo-Norman ulliage as ullage. => eye, ocular
"amount by which a cask or bottle falls short of being full," late 15c., from Anglo-French ulliage (early 14c.), Anglo-Latin oliagium (late 13c.), Old French ouillage, from ouiller "to fill up (a barrel) to the bung," literally "to fill to the eye," from ueil "eye" (perhaps used colloquially for "bung"), from Latin oculus (see eye (n.)).
双语例句
1. The record - breaking bottle had, some muttered , suffered suspiciously little ullage ( evaporation ).
一些人私下里说, 这瓶破记录的天价酒的蒸发损耗少得令人 起疑.
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2. And then , we will deduct it as ROB in the ullage report.
好的, 那我们一会在ROB报告中扣除这部分体积.
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3. Men to step in and skeletons to tombs ullage doctors at high increases.
的需求已变得如此强大,男人开始抢劫墓葬和销售骨架医生高价.
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4. Chief mate, here you are, my ullage report, check it please. No objection, sign and stamp.
