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单词 brain bucket
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brain bucket
brain bucket n. slang (a) the skull or head (rare); (b) originally U.S.A.F. a protective helmet.
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1856 Flag of our Union 9 Aug. 255/4 He fetched me such a clip on top of my brain-bucket as to drive all my senses clear down into my boots.
1954 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 31 Mar. 1/4 ‘A plumber ought to keep his brain bucket on because he's likely to wind up in a prang.’.. In ordinary language it means, ‘A stupid pilot ought to keep his crash helmet on because he is likely to end up in an accident caused by pilot error.’
2004 M. Nykanen Bone Parade viii. 81 Her old helmet had been the principal casualty... The shop had given her this one, and mounted the old brain bucket under a photograph of her atop the winner's stand.
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