| 释义 |
bucket/ˈbʌkit/ n. & v.●n. 1a a roughly cylindrical open container (usu. of metal or plastic) with a handle, used for carrying, drawing, or holding water etc. (通常为金属或塑料的)水桶，吊桶，提桶(担桶等) b the amount contained in this 一桶的量 need three buckets to fill the bath 装满浴盆需要 3 桶水 2 (in pl. 用复数) large quantities of liquid, esp. rain or tears 大量液体(尤指雨水、泪水) wept buckets 泪如雨下 3 a compartment on the outer edge of a waterwheel (水车的)戽斗 4 the scoop of a dredger or a grain-elevator (挖土机的)铲斗；(谷物升运器的)勺斗 ●v. (bucketed, bucketing) 1 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 down) (of liquid, esp. rain) pour heavily (液体，尤指雨)倾盆而下 2 intr. & tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 along) Brit. move or drive jerkily or bumpily [英]急速颠簸地行走(或行驶) □ bucketful n. (pl. -fuls)[Middle English & Anglo-French buket, buquet, perhaps from Old English būc ‘pitcher’] |