buckets

英 [ˈbʌkɪts]

美 [ˈbʌkɪts]

n. (有提梁的)桶; 大桶状物; (起重机的)吊斗; (挖土机的)铲斗; 一桶(的量)
v. 拼命划桨; 挖掘铲斗; 挑流鼻坎
bucket的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （有提手的）桶，吊桶，水桶
Abucketis a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Abucket ofwater is the amount of water contained in a bucket.
  一桶之量
4. She threw a bucket of water over them.
  她把一桶水倒在他们身上。
QUANT 大量
Bucketsorbucket-loads ofsomething means a large amount of it.
1. They obviously have buckets of confidence...
  很明显，他们信心十足。
2. 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 criesbuckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rainsbuckets, it rains a lot.
1. He was weeping buckets...
  他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
2. 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 someonehas kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.

We were there for a fortnight and it rained buckets every day.
我们在那里呆了两个星期，天天下倾盆大雨。
Holiday mad Brits are packing their buckets and spades and heading for the sun.
酷爱假日的英国人正收拾小桶和锹铲前往阳光充足的地方。
How many buckets of water will we need to fill this small pond?
装满这个小池塘需要多少桶水？
We will put the random number if to one of four "buckets".
我们将随机数放入四个“桶”中。
He wobbled up the slope from the river, carrying two buckets of water on a shoulder pole.
他挑着一挑儿水，一溜歪斜地从河边走上来。
The study compared the villages with two others where women farmed with traditional methods like carrying water in buckets.
研究中将这个村庄和另外两个使用传统灌溉方式的村庄做了对比，那儿的妇女用水桶背水。
He was weeping buckets
他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
Remove FLAT-BASE tappets and switch buckets.
拆下平底挺杆和转换桶。
I suggest you ladies get some sponges and buckets.
我建议女士们拿点棉花和桶。
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。