| 单词 | buck |
| 释义 | buckWord family nounbuckeenbuckerbuckeyebuckhornbuckhoundbuckrakebucksawbuckshotbuckskinbuckthornbucktoothbuckboardbuckingbuckadjectivebuckishbucktoothedadverbbuckishly Animals buck1 /bʌk/ noun [countableC] 1 MONEYdollar 元 informal a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar 美元；加元；澳元 He owes me ten bucks. 他欠我十美元。 The movie is about a group of men trying to make a buck (=earn some money) as male strippers. 这部影片讲的是一群男人想通过跳脱衣舞赚钱的故事。 big/mega bucks (=a lot of money) 许多钱 Using celebrities in advertising is guaranteed to pull in big bucks. 请名人做广告保证能赚大钱。 make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 发横财 2 the buck stops here (also the buck stops with somebody)RESPONSIBLE used to say that a particular person is responsible for something 责任到此为止；责任落在某人身上 The buck stops firmly with the boss. 责任不可推卸地落在老板肩上。 Examples from the Corpus the buck stops here• It was my decision to close the hospital; the buck stops with me. 3. pass the buck to make someone else responsible for something that you should deal with 推诿责任 Examples from the Corpus pass the buck• If in doubt, pass the buck.• Mr. Loyden Is not the Minister passing the buck?• Some patients and carers were also unhappy about what they saw as sub-optimal care or different services passing the buck.• When anything like this happened, every office-holder in the community made speeches passing the buck on to the police department.• Shouldn't we now be acknowledging blame rather than passing the buck?• We were in the happy position of being able to pass the buck.• It's easy to pass the buck and blame someone else for your failure.• I personally refuse to pass the buck.• It was his mistake but he tried to pass the buck to another manager.• You were in charge of that project, so don't try to pass the buck.• a bunch of politicians all trying to pass the buck• Diplomats say NATO is clearly at fault, and that officials there are trying to pass the buck. 4. feel/look like a million bucks especially American EnglishAmE informalBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING to feel or look very healthy, happy, and beautiful 感觉精神非常好/看上去很精神 5. MALE ANIMALanimal 动物HBA (plural buck or bucks) a male rabbit, deer, and some other male animals 公兔；雄鹿；雄性动物 → doe 6. FASHIONABLEman 男人 old-fashioned a young man 小伙子 → (get) a bigger/better etc bang for your buck at bang1(5) Examples from the Corpus buck• Bet 10 bucks on some 20-year-olds.• For 100 bucks an ounce, you can stink like us.• Fallow deer, he says, are less pricey - a buck will fetch around £4-500, a doe about £80-90.• I had to sell it for what I could get, which was five bucks, and start hitchhiking home.• But a million bucks was a million bucks.• A couple of the older bucks are very dark with fine, wide antlers.• That means forgetting about the quick bucks to be made from selling nuclear technology.• Could I borrow ten bucks?• I'd moved my head far too quickly for it to look natural, and the buck shot off up the bank. make a fast/quick buck• Others would prefer just to fuel the war - and make a quick buck at the same time.• Wouldn't you like to make a quick buck, Derek?• I think people go out to make a fast buck without worrying about the consequences.• Of course no bright young thing who wants to make a quick buck would consider going into the ministry. buck2 verb 1. HORSEhorse 马 [intransitiveI]JUMP if a horse bucks, it kicks its back feet into the air, or jumps with all four feet off the ground 弓背跃起，腾跃 2 move suddenly 突然移动 [intransitiveI]STOP MOVING to suddenly move up and down, or backwards and forwards, in an uncontrolled way 猛烈颠簸，剧烈震荡 The plane bucked sharply. 飞机剧烈颠簸。 3 AGAINST/OPPOSEoppose 反对 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to oppose something in a direct way 反抗；抵抗 He was a rebel who bucked the system (=opposed rules or authority). 他是一个反抗体制的叛逆者。 Unemployment in the area has bucked the trend by falling over the last month. 这个地区的失业现象已经有所逆转，最近一个月来失业率下降了。 buck against Initially, he had bucked against her restraints. 最初他曾反抗过她的管束。 4 make SB happier 使某人更开心 [transitiveT] to make someone feel more happy, confident, or healthy 鼓舞，使振作 He was bucked by the success he’d had. 他因为有了之前的成功而受到鼓舞。 She gave me a tonic which bucked me a little. 她给我喝了一杯奎宁水，这使我有了点精神。 5 buck for something phrasal verbphr v to try very hard to get something, especially a good position at work 努力争取〔尤指好的职位〕 He’s bucking for promotion. 他在努力争取升职。 Examples from the Corpus buck for • Rodman probably feels that that was the sort of job Grandfather bucked for all his life and finally made.• You are the Chairman of the company that made it and the buck for lacklustre design stops with you.• If the images in Myst bog down your screen, pony up the bucks for more memory or a faster video card.• A good pipe freeze could run a guy a few hundred bucks for new plumbing.• In fact it is everything a manager needs to know so if you are bucking for promotion you need this disk.• Made a few bucks for the Giants' ballpark fund. 3.• Meanwhile, the corporate-finance deals that had been generating big bucks for Wall Street's investment bankers were starting to dry up. 6 buck up phrasal verbphr v a) HAPPYto become happier, or to make someone happier （使）振作精神，（使）快活起来 Come on, buck up, things aren’t that bad! 好啦，打起精神，事情还没那么糟糕！ buck somebody ↔ up You need something to buck you up. 你需要点刺激。 b) buck up!HURRY British EnglishBrE old-fashioned used to tell someone to hurry up 赶快！ 快点！ Buck up, John! We’ll be late. 快点，约翰！ 我们要迟到了。 c) informal to improve, or to make something improve （使）好转 It’ll be a long time before the situation starts to buck up. 这种情形要过很久才会好转。 buck something ↔ up a company that is looking to buck up its networking capabilities 一家正在设法扩大其网络容量的公司 d) buck your ideas upIMPROVE British EnglishBrE informal used to tell someone to improve their behaviour or attitude 〔用于告诫别人〕规矩起来，端正态度 Examples from the Corpus buck your ideas up• Meanwhile, both Severiano Ballesteros and Jose-Maria Olazabal had bucked their ideas up. Examples from the Corpus buck• Attempts to buck that system would end in the courtrooms or, as likely, unemployment.• Some tech issues bucked the selling trend.• Natural rebels, backed up with the guts it takes to buck the system.• But water shares bucked the trend and, as usual, were a haven in times of trouble.• Dallas and Houston also bucked the trend.• Last year it took 32 % of the mobile phone market and is looking to buck the worldwide trend.• Governors rarely buck their chairman and directly reject his recommendations. bucked ... trend• But Liverpool, to their credit, bucked the trend.• Dallas and Houston also bucked the trend.• Some tech issues bucked the selling trend.• But water shares bucked the trend and, as usual, were a haven in times of trouble.• Companies making products for the Internet bucked the trend and held up well in the fourth quarter.• Electricity shares bucked the trend and rallied, but water sprang a few leaks.• Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. bucked the trend, gaining 3 3 / 4 to 77 1 / 4.• The shares bucked the market trend, rising one penny to 491p. buck3 adverbadv American EnglishAmE 1.buck naked not wearing any clothes 赤条条地，一丝不挂地 From Longman Business Dictionary buckbuck1 /bʌk/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE informalFINANCE a dollar I owe 500 bucks but I haven’t paid yet. I hope that you guys can make a buck (=earn some money) out of it. There are big bucks (=a lot of money) to be made from sport. We won’t sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck (=money that you can make quickly and easily). buckbuck2 verb 1buck the system to do something that goes against the rules or against the normal way of doing something Those who try to buck the system tend to miss out on promotion. 2COMMERCE buck the trend to do well in business when other companies are doing badly Britain will buck the global recessionary trend next year with growth of around 1.1pc. 1. (1800-1900) Perhaps from buckskin; because it was used as a unit of exchange in trade with Native Americans. 2. (1900-2000) buck “object used in the card game of poker to mark the next person to play” ((19-20 centuries)), from buckhorn knife “knife with a handle made from a buck's horn” ((19-20 centuries)). 3. Old English bucca “male deer or goat” |
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