[N-COUNT 可数名词](有提手的)桶,吊桶,水桶 A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
[usu N of n]
We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door...
我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。
The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
A bucket of water is the amount of water contained in a bucket.一桶之量
She threw a bucket of water over them.
她把一桶水倒在他们身上。
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[QUANT 数量词]大量Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it.
[QUANT of n-uncount/pl-n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
They obviously have buckets of confidence...
很明显,他们信心十足。
They didn't exactly sell bucket-loads of records the first time around.
其实,他们第一次唱片卖得并不很多。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](涕泪)滂沱;(大雨)瓢泼 If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot.
[INFORMAL 非正式]
He was weeping buckets...
他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
我们回去时,外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。
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[PHRASE 短语]蹬腿儿;咽气儿 If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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bucket/ˈbʌkɪt; NAmEˈbʌkɪt/
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bucketbucketsbucketedbucketingnoun _cleaning_comp.jpg _bucket.jpg 1(NAmE alsopail)[countable ]an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand, etc. (有提梁的)桶◆a plastic bucket塑料桶◆( BrE) They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades.他们带着桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。2[countable ]a large container that is part of a craneor diggerand is used for lifting things 大桶状物;(起重机的)吊斗;(挖土机的)铲斗3(alsobucket·ful/ˈbʌkɪtfʊl; NAmEˈbʌkɪtfʊl/)(NAmE alsopail,pail·ful)[countable ]the amount contained in a bucket一桶(的量)◆two buckets/bucketfuls of water两桶水◆They used to drink tea by the bucket/bucketful(= in large quantities).他们过去喝很多茶。4buckets[plural ]( informal) a large amount 大量◆To succeed in show business, you need buckets of confidence.要想在演艺界干出名堂,就得有十足的信心。◆We wept buckets.我们泪如泉涌。◆He was sweating bucketsby the end of the race. 跑到终点时他汗流浃背。◆The rain was coming down in buckets(= it was raining very heavily).下着瓢泼大雨。IDIOMsee
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v.verbPHRASAL VERBˈbucket down( BrE) ( informal) to rain heavily 下大雨SYN
1bucket (1)an open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquidsSYN pail2 (also bucketful) the quantity of liquid that a bucket can holdbucket of a bucket of water3a part of a machine shaped like a large bucket and used for moving earth, water etc4informal a large amount of something: They were drinking beer by the bucket.bucket of They made buckets of cash on the deal.5weep buckets informal to cry a lot6in buckets informal if rain comes down in buckets, it is raining very hard → kick the bucket
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bucket down phrasal verb British English informalto rain very hardSYN pour: It’s been bucketing down all day.
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