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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tun /ˈtʌn/
 大桶(vt.)裝入大桶

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunned p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.] To put into tuns, or casks.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tun n.
 1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
 2. Brewing A fermenting vat.
 3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons.  In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
 4. Com. A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
 5. An indefinite large quantity.
    A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ.   --Dryden.
 6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.   --Dryden.
 7. Zool. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tun
      n : a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2
          butts or 252 gals
      [also: tunning, tunned]