firkin
英 ['fɜːkɪn]
美 ['fɝkɪn]
firkin 小桶fir-, 四分之一，词源同fourth. -kin, 小词后缀。即四分之一桶，用来指一种小桶。
- firkin (n.)
- "small cask," late 14c., apparently from Middle Dutch *vierdekijn, diminutive of vierde, literally "fourth, fourth part" (see fourth); so called because it usually is the fourth part of a barrel.
