单词 | bucket |
释义 | bucket(ˈbʌkɪt) noun 1. an open-topped roughly cylindrical container; pail 2. Also called: bucketful the amount a bucket will hold 3. any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel 4. a cupped blade or bucket-like compartment on the outer circumference of a water wheel, paddle wheel, etc 5. computing a unit of storage on a direct-access device from which data can be retrieved 6. mainly US a turbine rotor blade 7. Australian and New Zealand an ice cream container 8. kick the bucket verbWord forms: -kets, -keting or -keted 9. (transitive) to carry in or put into a bucket 10. (intransitive; often foll by down) (of rain) to fall very heavily it bucketed all day 11. (intransitive; often foll by along) mainly British to travel or drive fast 12. (transitive) mainly British to ride (a horse) hard without consideration 13. (transitive) Australian slang to criticize severely Word origin C13: from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc; compare Old High German būh belly, German Bauch belly |
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