| [/ˈbʌkɪt; ˋbʌkɪt/] n 用法:
1 round open container with a handle for carrying or holding liquids, sand, etc （带提梁的）圆桶; 提桶:
build sandcastles with a bucket and spade 用提桶和铁铲建造沙堆模型城堡. =>illus 见插图. 用法:
2 (also `bucketful) amount a bucket contains 一桶的量; 一满桶:
two buckets/bucketfuls of water 两桶[满桶]水. 用法:
3 scoop of a mechanical shovel, dredger, water-wheel, etc （挖土机、挖泥机上的）铲斗; （水轮机上的）戽斗等. 用法:
4 buckets [pl] large amounts (esp of rain or tears) 大量（尤指雨或泪）:
The rain came down/fell in buckets. 大雨倾盆而下. *
She wept buckets. 她泪如雨下. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) a drop in the bucket/ocean => drop1. kick the `bucket => kick1. bucket 2
v [I, Ip] ~ (down) (of rain) pour down heavily （指雨）倾盆而下:
It/The rain bucketed down all afternoon. 瓢泼大雨下了一下午. |