Bucket



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 圆桶; v. 雨倾盆而下
• ［英］ n. 圆桶 ( round open container) ; v. 雨倾盆而下 ( rain pour down heavily)
• ［例］ The rain bucketed down all afternoon .

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc pitcher, belly; akin to Old High German būh belly
• Date: 13th century
• 1. a typically cylindrical vessel for catching, holding, or carrying liquids or solids
• 2. something resembling a bucket: as
  • a. the scoop of an excavating machine
  • b. one of the receptacles on the rim of a waterwheel
  • c. one of the cups of an endless-belt conveyor
  • d. one of the vanes of a turbine rotor
• 3. bucketful
• 4. bucket seat
• 5. basket 3b

II. verb

• Date: 1621
• transitive verb
  • 1. to draw or lift in buckets
  • 2. British
    • a. to ride (a horse) hard
    • b. to drive hurriedly or roughly
  • 3. to deal with in a bucket shop
• intransitive verb
  • 1. hustle, hurry
  • 2.
    • a. to move about haphazardly or irresponsibly
    • b. to move roughly or jerkily

记忆

一桶一桶的美元 buck 倾盆而下。

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