bucket

noun

1. （有提梁的）桶
   an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand, etc.
   1. a plastic bucket
      塑料桶
   2. They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades .
      他们带着桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。
2. 大桶状物；（起重机的）吊斗；（挖土机的）铲斗
   a large container that is part of a crane or digger and is used for lifting things
3. 一桶（的量）
   the amount contained in a bucket
   1. two buckets/bucketfuls of water
      两桶水
   2. They used to drink tea by the bucket/bucketful (= in large quantities) .
      他们过去喝很多茶。
4. 大量
   a large amount
   1. To succeed in show business, you need buckets of confidence.
      要想在演艺界干出名堂，就得有十足的信心。
   2. We wept buckets .
      我们泪如泉涌。
   3. He was sweating buckets by the end of the race.
      跑到终点时他汗流浃背。
   4. The rain was coming down in buckets (= it was raining very heavily) .
      下着瓢泼大雨。

verb

verb

1. N-COUNT （有提手的）桶，吊桶，水桶
   A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
   1. We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door...
      我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。
   2. The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
      女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
   3. A bucket of water is the amount of water contained in a bucket.
      一桶之量
   4. She threw a bucket of water over them.
      她把一桶水倒在他们身上。
2. QUANT 大量
   Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it.
   1. They obviously have buckets of confidence...
      很明显，他们信心十足。
   2. They didn't exactly sell bucket-loads of records the first time around.
      其实，他们第一次唱片卖得并不很多。
3. N-PLURAL （涕泪）滂沱；（大雨）瓢泼
   If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot.
   1. He was weeping buckets...
      他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
   2. The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
      我们回去时，外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。
4. 蹬腿儿；咽气儿
   If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.

1. She bent and picked up a plastic bucket
   她弯腰提起一个塑料桶。
2. We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door
   我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。
3. The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
   女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
4. They obviously have buckets of confidence
   很明显，他们信心十足。
5. He was weeping buckets
   他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
6. The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
   我们回去时，外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。
7. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run
   他突然有一种想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的冲动。
8. Dunk new plants in a bucket of water for an hour or so before planting.
   栽种新植物之前将它们在水桶中浸泡一小时左右。
9. The uncovered bucket in the corner stank.
   角落里那只未盖盖子的桶散发着臭味。
10. But for your magic hand, I'd have long kicked the bucket.
    要不是你妙手回春，我早就见阎王了。
11. When are you going to get rid of that old bucket of bolts?
    你什么时候处理你那辆破车？
12. When we drew the bucket up from the well, we saw that the rope had worn away, and the bucket was left hanging by a very thin thread.
    当我们把水桶从井里提上来，发现绳子几乎要磨断了，水桶仅由一根细线吊着。
13. The cow has kicked the bucket over again.
    那头牛又把牛奶桶踢翻了。
14. He took a bucket of water to water the flowers.
    他提了一桶水去浇花。
15. He went down the hill and fetched a bucket of water.
    他下山取回一桶水。
16. Old Dyson looks as if he may kick the bucket any day; I've never seen a living being look so thin.
    老戴逊好像会随时死去，我从未见过活人这样瘦的。
17. Jacelin has fainted, this bucket of water should fetch him to.
    杰斯林昏过去了，这桶水会使他苏醒过来。
18. He was carrying a bucket to fetch water.
    他拎着桶去打水。
19. Yuan Shikai had just taken the throne when he kicked the bucket.
    袁世凯刚刚登上皇帝的宝座就翘辫子了。
20. As soon as he kicked the bucket he started to become famous.
    他一死便开始出名了。
21. The old man fell against the bucket.
    那老人被水桶绊倒了。
22. This bucket won't retain water.
    这个桶不能装水了。
23. The boy cried bucket when his dog was killed.
    这孩子的狗遭杀，他大哭了一场。
24. How can I plug the hole in this bucket?
    我怎么能堵住这个水桶的洞呢？
25. Just give him a bucket and spade and he's in seventh heaven!
    只要给他一个桶子和一把铲子，他就高兴极了！
26. If I take your medicine, I'll definitely kick the bucket.
    如果我吃了你的药，我就会死掉的。
27. Give me the other bucket. I'm a man, after all.
    给我再给个桶，毕竟，我是个老人了。
28. And if not, we got to do it on a bucket.
    要是不成功，我们得在桶子上干了。
29. This bucket has leaks in it; the water is going to run out.
    这只桶漏了，水快漏光了。
30. I knocked over the bucket and the water poured all over the floor.
    我打翻了水桶，水流了一地.一开电门，水就哗哗地流出来了。

  pail barrel bucket【导航词义：桶】

  pail n. 〈尤美〉桶

〔辨析〕通常用于装液体之物，一般由木头或金属制成。

  barrel n. 桶；一桶

〔辨析〕指中间鼓起的大桶，多由木头或金属制成，通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等，也常用作原油的计量单位。

  bucket n. 桶

〔辨析〕可装各种东西，尤指液体之物。

bucket down

1. 下大雨
   to rain heavily
   1. a plastic bucket
      塑料桶
   2. They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades .
      他们带着桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。

n.

a drop in the ocean

• 沧海一粟；九牛一毛
  an amount of sth that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation

kick the bucket

• 死；翘辫子；蹬腿儿
  to die

noun

1. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

   Synonym:    pail

2. the quantity contained in a bucket

   Synonym:    bucketful

verb

1. carry in a bucket

2. put into a bucket