basket

noun

1. 篮；篓；筐
   a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of thin strips of material that bends and twists easily, for example plastic, wire or wicker .
   1. a shopping basket
      购物篮
   2. a picnic basket
      野餐篮子
   3. a clothes/laundry basket (= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed)
      存放待洗衣服的洗衣筐
   4. a wicker/wire basket
      柳条 / 铁丝筐
   5. a cat/dog basket (= in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried around)
      猫 / 狗篮
2. 一篮，一筐，一篓（的量）
   the amount contained in a basket
   1. a basket of fruit
      一筐水果
3. （篮球运动的）篮；投篮得分
   the net and the metal ring it hangs from, high up at each end of a basketball court ; a point that is scored by throwing the ball through this net
   1. to make/shoot a basket
      投球得分 / 入篮
4. 一组（不同的物品或货币）
   a number of different goods or currencies
   1. the value of the rupee against a basket of currencies
      卢比对各种货币的比值

1. N-COUNT 篮子；篓子；筐子
   A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made from thin strips of materials such as straw, plastic, or wire woven together.
   1. ...big wicker picnic baskets filled with sandwiches.
      装满三明治的柳编野餐篮
   2. ...a laundry basket.
      洗衣筐
   3. A basket of things is a number of things contained in a basket.
      一篮（或篓、筐）之量
   4. ...a small basket of fruit and snacks.
      一小筐水果和点心
2. N-COUNT （用于比较不同货币或商品价值的）一篮子，一组（货币或商品）
   In economics, a basket of currencies or goods is the average or total value of a number of different currencies or goods.
   1. The pound's value against a basket of currencies hit a new low of 76.9.
      英镑对一篮子货币的比价创下76.9的新低。
   2. ...an inflation measure that gauges the price of a fixed basket of goods and services.
      通过衡量固定的一组商品和服务的价格来测算通货膨胀的方法
3. （篮球运动的）篮
   In basketball, the basket is a net hanging from a ring through which players try to throw the ball in order to score points.
4. See also: bread basket hanging basket wastepaper basket. to put all your eggs in one basket

1. The pound's value against a basket of currencies hit a new low of 76.9.
   英镑对一篮子货币的比价创下76.9的新低。
2. The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
   这个国家长期失业严重、犯罪猖獗，经济几近瘫痪。
3. You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
   如果我告诉了你这件事，你会认为我脑子进水了。
4. The key word here is diversify; don't put all your eggs in one basket.
   这里的关键词是多样性；不要在一棵树上吊死。
5. Clothes were everywhere; hanging out of drawers, strewn across the floor, even spilling from the wastepaper basket.
   到处都是衣服：挂在抽屉上、扔在地上、甚至堆在废纸篓里。
6. The basket that she was carrying fell open.
   她提着的篮子忽然打开了。
7. He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket.
   他会把自己的脏衣服扔进洗衣篮里。
8. She nestled the eggs safely in the straw in Jim's basket.
   她把鸡蛋轻轻地放在吉姆篮子里的稻草上。
9. He plucks Brazil nuts off the ground and tosses them into the basket.
   他从地上抓起巴西坚果，扔到篮子里。
10. He saw the dog's twitching nose poke out of the basket
    他看到那只狗一抽一抽的鼻子从篮子里冒出来。
11. Position trailing plants near the edges and in the sides of the basket to hang down
    把蔓生植株靠边放，使其从篮子的四面垂下。
12. He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card
    他送了一篮子异域水果和一张卡片。
13. A time limit was set for a team to shoot at the basket.
    球队在规定时间内必须要投篮。
14. The large log basket can be used to tidy toys away
    大木篮子可以用来装玩具。
15. The waiter lifted rolls from a basket with a pair of silver tongs.
    侍者用一把银钳从篮子里夹起面包卷。
16. There are only eighteen jin of pears in this basket after taking out the damaged ones.
    这筐梨去掉伤耗只剩18斤了。
17. She had a basket on her arm.
    她胳膊上挎着一只篮子。
18. We bought a basket of peaches.
    我们买了一筐桃子。
19. Watch me pitch this empty cigarette packet into the basket from across the room.
    我把这空烟盒扔进房间那头的纸篓里。
20. We ate a basket of peaches.
    我们吃掉了一篮桃子。
21. There was a rusty lawn mower, a broken wicker laundry basket, a Blue China saucer with a crack in it, and a cane rocking chair with a hole in the seat.
    屋子里有一台生了锈的割草机，一个破了的柳条编成的洗衣篮，一只蓝色的缺了口的陶瓷碟子，还有一把座位上破了个洞的藤制摇椅。
22. My basket is so full that I can't carry it.
    我的篮子装得太满，我拿不动它。
23. With only one good pitcher this season, I'm afraid we have all our eggs in one basket.
    在这个季节里，我们队里只有一名好投手，胜败如何，全在他一人手里了。
24. Cut along to your mother's, will you? and take her this basket of food.
    赶快到你妈妈那儿去，好吗？把这一篮子食品带给她。
25. There's a lot of laundry in the basket.
    筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。
26. She crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the wastepaper basket.
    她把信搓揉成一团，扔进了废纸篓。
27. She returned from the hills with a basket of wild mushrooms.
    她从山里回来时，带回了一栲栳野蘑菇。
28. The basket is piled high with potatoes.
    筐里的土豆装得冒尖儿了。
29. Carefully, avram Rabinovitz bestowed the basket in the back seat.
    阿夫兰·拉宾诺维茨小心翼翼地把篮子放在后座上。
30. I like playing basket, and I also enjoy the team spirit of basketball.
    我喜欢篮球及篮球活动中的集体精神。

n.

put all your eggs in one basket

• 寄希望于一件事情上
  to rely on one particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several different possibilities

noun

1. a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

   Synonym:    field goal

2. a container that is usually woven and has handles

   Synonym:    handbasket

3. horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

   Synonym:    basketball hoophoop

4. the quantity contained in a basket

   Synonym:    basketful