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.
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。
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。
A bucket of water is the amount of water contained in a bucket. 一桶之量
She threw a bucket of water over them. 她把一桶水倒在他们身上。
QUANT 大量 Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it.
They obviously have buckets of confidence... 很明显,他们信心十足。
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。
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.
He was weeping buckets... 他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
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。
蹬腿儿;咽气儿 If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.