1.[c]（有提梁的）桶an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand, etc.
a plastic bucket塑料桶
They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades .他们带着桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。
2.[c]吊桶；水斗；（挖掘机的）铲斗a large container that is part of a crane or digger and is used for lifting things
3.[c]一桶（的量）the amount contained in a bucket
two buckets/bucketfuls of water两桶水
They used to drink tea by the bucket/bucketful(= in large quantities) .他们过去喝很多茶。
4.[pl](informal)大量a large amount
To succeed in show business, you need buckets of confidence.要想在演艺界干出名堂，就得有十足的信心。
We wept buckets .我们泪如泉涌。
He was sweating buckets by the end of the race.跑到终点时他汗流浃背。
The rain was coming down in buckets(= it was raining very heavily) .下着瓢泼大雨。
Today, while I was working at child care, I told a two year old not to hit. He threw a bucket at me that bounced off my forehead. FML.
今天我在儿童看护中心上班，对一个两岁的孩子说不要乱丢东西。他把一只小桶扔在我脑门上。FML。
My knowledge in the field is nothing but a drop in the bucket.
我对于这门学科的那点了解只不过是沧海一粟。
Bucket foundation platform is an up to date platform used in the exploitation of mergence oil fields in the word.
桶形基础平台是世界上用于开发边际油田的一种最新型平台。
At the end of each week John took a giant bucket of change to the bank to be counted out and returned in bills.
每个周末，John都把一大筐的零钱抬去银行数清楚，然后再换成纸币拿回来。
"I'm going to buy all the Burlington the bucket shop will let me carry with the money I give him for margin, " he said.
“我要买下所有的‘伯灵顿’，水桶店老板同意给我提供本金他拿利润，”他说。
Acura has only five models which, considering the model lineup of the other carmakers, is nothing but just a drop in the bucket.
阿库拉只有五年的模式，考虑到模型阵容的其他汽车制造商，是什么，而只是一个杯水车薪。
"I figured there must be a better way, " she said, quickly adding that the bucket ploy worked for that couple.
“我认为一定还有更好的办法，”她说，很快又补充说那次的全家桶求婚法对于那对夫妻其实效果还不错。
The US banking system has always been a little bit like a leaky bucket.
美国银行体系始终有点像一只漏水的桶。
The only thing worse than not being able to ask your uber bucket meaningful questions is having an empty uber bucket.
唯一比不能向您的超级木桶询问有意义问题更糟糕的事情是，拥有一个空的超级木桶。
The farmer: I tied its left leg to the pole and went on milking, after I finished another bucket, it kicked that over with its right leg.
农夫：我用绳子把她左腿绑在了柱子上接着挤，结果刚好一桶接满，她又用右腿把桶踢翻了。
It's just a drop in the bucket. That car has more scratches on it than I can count.
这不过是沧海一粟，这辆车上的划痕我都数不过来了。
This arrangement is often described as a bowl of spaghetti, or worms in a bucket, all intertwined with each other.
这个安排经常被描述作为一个碗意粉或者蠕虫在桶，所有交错互相。
In a third condition, one tester held a bucket near the shoulder, while the other put the bucket over her head, blocking her eyes.
在第三个情景中，一名测试员举着一只水桶放在肩膀附近，另一人则把水桶戴在头上，遮挡住自己的眼睛。
My mother put a small piece of dough into a bucket near the fire and covered it with a white cloth.
我的母亲把一小块面团放在一个火炉边的小桶里桶，用一块白布覆盖它。
He took the bucket and filled the topmost trough from the bottom one.
他提起一桶水倒入处于底端的最高的木槽。
The first time I did it, he told me to put the ones that were cracked or flawed into a bucket for the bakery.
我第一次这么做的时候，祖父告诉我，把裂了缝或有缺点的鸡蛋放进桶里，好拿往给面包店。
In the same shaft there is often a hoist, a bucket like elevator used to raise mined ore from lower levels.
井筒里通常还安装有绞车，一种用来提升矿石的斗式升降机。
Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts. And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created.
他把放满沙子的桶举起后倒扣在沙滩上，然后提起桶，一个小小的城堡就这么诞生了。
The child of a meth cook fell into a bucket of chemicals and was severely burned.
有一次，一个吸毒者的小孩儿掉进了盛化学品的桶里，严重烧伤。
The backyard was dug up to discover the remains of four more bodies, and a human skull was found in a bucket, bringing the total to 11.
警察还在后院挖掘到了另外四具尸体，在水桶里发现了一只骷髅头，合计11人。
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