单词 | bucket |
释义 | bucket (bʌkɪt ) Word forms: buckets , bucketing, bucketed 1. countable noun B1+ 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. The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades. Synonyms: pail, container, pitcher, scuttle A bucket of water is the amount of water contained in a bucket. She threw a bucket of water over them. [+ of] 2. quantifier [QUANT of n-uncount/pl-n] Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it. [informal] They obviously have buckets of confidence. They didn't exactly sell bucket-loads the first time around. 3. plural noun If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot. [informal] He was weeping buckets. The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out. 4. to kick the bucket phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died. [informal] Synonyms: die, expire, perish, pass away Phrasal verbs: bucket down phrasal verb If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily. [British, informal] As soon as we were inside, the rain began to bucket down. [VERB PARTICLE] If it hadn't been bucketing down with rain, I would have had a glorious view. [it V P with n] Image of bucket © 24/04/2018, Shutterstock Idioms: kick the bucket to die. This expression is used to refer to someone's death in a light-hearted or humorous way. All the money goes to her when the old man kicks the bucket. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bucket of water Horses are returned to their host families for a bucket of water and a nosebag of millet. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The shock from Mahina's bucket of water seemed to have sobered him. TREASON KEEP (2001) He gently removes the swollen ovaries and carries them to a bucket of water. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There's no electricity or running water, and only a bucket shower in an adjacent hut. Times, Sunday Times Who cared if the camp had bucket showers and long-drop loos, so long as there were plenty of lions around? Times, Sunday Times Hasty bucket showers and quick breakfasts are grabbed while they're hot, and we've mounted up and are riding out as the sun rises. ST Bathrooms have bucket showers and biodegradable soap and shampoo. Times, Sunday Times Reminiscent of the traditional safari experience with outdoor bucket showers, the rest was unadulterated luxury. The Sun Fill the bucket with cool water and add two caps of wool-washing detergent. The Sun He had to walk down the street to a communal tap to fill a bucket for drinking and washing. Times, Sunday Times Fill a bucket with sand and use this as their resting place: this will keep them clean and dry, and they won't get blunt so quickly. Times, Sunday Times Using a katana, they would have to shave enough ice to fill a bucket to a given line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then they must fill a bucket on the opposite side of the teeter-totter with water. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He likens a bank account to a leaky bucket. Times, Sunday Times My device, several years old now, loses battery power like a leaky bucket. Times, Sunday Times The leaky bucket algorithm as a meter can also be used in a leaky bucket counter to measure the rate of random or stochastic processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But to fix the leaky bucket, he needs straw. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact both are effectively the same, i.e. implementations of both the leaky bucket and token bucket, as these are the same basic algorithm described differently. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Still, it was kind of the bar staff to bring out that mop and bucket*. Times,Sunday Times Many say they find the mop and bucket difficult to use while others find it unhygienic. The Sun If necessary, have a mop and bucket handy and designate someone to keep the entrance area and steps free from snow and slush. Christianity Today Revellers caught relieving themselves in the street are being handed a mop and bucket by police and told to clean it up. Times, Sunday Times The judge should have given him a mop and bucket - and then jailed him. The Sun They've got a grey, plastic bucket ready, just in case. Times, Sunday Times His moleskins were soaked through and a plastic bucket was placed at his feet. Times, Sunday Times At one point the minister held up a plastic bucket with a hole, which he uses to feed his goats and sheeps. Times, Sunday Times In 2008, 12 were found in a plastic bucket holding no more than 4in of water. Times, Sunday Times On the floor, surrounded by syringes and filthy bandages, was a plastic bucket halffilled with blood. Times, Sunday Times We need, first, to pour a bucket of cold sea water over the impression that real-life bird attacks are unexplained. Times, Sunday Times If you pour a bucket of rainwater into a barrel of sewage you can call it 'cleaner' but you wouldn't want to drink the result. Times, Sunday Times Her engineer fixed the problem by pouring a bucket of water on the room's carpet. Times, Sunday Times She was saved by a neighbour who poured a bucket of water over her, wrapped her in a sheet and rushed her to hospital. Times, Sunday Times From the train he pours a bucket of water over her head. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They'd throw a bucket of icy water in my face, wait for me to regain consciousness and then start again. Times, Sunday Times It was as if someone had thrown a bucket of cold water over the entire nation. Times, Sunday Times I had to change the sheets twice - it was like someone had thrown a bucket of water on the bed. The Sun He just threw a bucket of water over me to wake me up at 6am! The Sun Or it was until they threw a bucket of cold water over it. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 桶 Japanese: バケツ |
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