bucket
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural buckets
plural buckets
Learner's definition of BUCKET
1
[count]
a : an open container with a handle that is used especially to hold and carry water and other liquids（有提梁的）桶，水桶
- a bucket and mop水桶和拖把
b : the amount contained in a bucket一桶（的量）；满桶
- a bucket [=bucketful] of water一桶水
- We used two buckets of paint to paint the living room.我们用了两桶漆刷客厅。
2
[count] : a large container that is part of a machine (such as a tractor) and that is used for digging or carrying dirt, rocks, and other material（机器的）挖斗，铲斗
3
buckets [plural] informal : a large amount especially of a liquid大量（尤指液体）
- The players were sweating buckets. [=were sweating very much]选手们汗流浃背。
- crying buckets of tears泪如泉涌
- It's raining buckets. = The rain is coming down in buckets. [=it's raining very hard]大雨倾盆。
4
[count] basketball : a successful shot : basket投篮得分
- She scored/sank five buckets in the last five minutes of the game.比赛的最后五分钟她投中了五个篮。
2 bucket /ˈbʌkət/ verb
buckets; bucketed; bucketing
2 bucket
/ˈbʌkət/
verb
buckets; bucketed; bucketing
Learner's definition of BUCKET
bucket down
[phrasal verb] British, informal : to rain very heavily下大雨
- The rain is really bucketing down. = It's bucketing down. [=it's pouring]真是大雨倾盆。