buck
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++buck1 /bʌk/ noun [countable] 1 MONEYdollar 元 informal a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar 美元；加元；澳元 He owes me ten bucks. 他欠我十美元。 The movie is about a group of men trying to make a buck (=earn some money) as male strippers. 这部影片讲的是一群男人想通过跳脱衣舞赚钱的故事。big/mega bucks (=a lot of money) 许多钱 Using celebrities in advertising is guaranteed to pull in big bucks. 请名人做广告保证能赚大钱。make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 发横财2 the buck stops here (also the buck stops with somebody)RESPONSIBLE used to say that a particular person is responsible for something 责任到此为止；责任落在某人身上 The buck stops firmly with the boss. 责任不可推卸地落在老板肩上。3. pass the buck to make someone else responsible for something that you should deal with 推诿责任4. feel/look like a million bucks especially American English informalBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING to feel or look very healthy, happy, and beautiful 感觉精神非常好/看上去很精神5. MALE ANIMALanimal 动物HBA (plural buck or bucks) a male rabbit, deer, and some other male animals 公兔；雄鹿；雄性动物 → doe6. FASHIONABLEman 男人 old-fashioned a young man 小伙子 → (get) a bigger/better etc bang for your buck at bang1(5)
Examples from the Corpus
buck• Bet 10 bucks on some 20-year-olds.• For 100 bucks an ounce, you can stink like us.• Fallow deer, he says, are less pricey - a buck will fetch around £4-500, a doe about £80-90.• I had to sell it for what I could get, which was five bucks, and start hitchhiking home.• But a million bucks was a million bucks.• A couple of the older bucks are very dark with fine, wide antlers.• That means forgetting about the quick bucks to be made from selling nuclear technology.• Could I borrow ten bucks?• I'd moved my head far too quickly for it to look natural, and the buck shot off up the bank.make a fast/quick buck• Others would prefer just to fuel the war - and make a quick buck at the same time.• Wouldn't you like to make a quick buck, Derek?• I think people go out to make a fast buck without worrying about the consequences.• Of course no bright young thing who wants to make a quick buck would consider going into the ministry.buck2 verb 1. HORSEhorse 马 [intransitive]JUMP if a horse bucks, it kicks its back feet into the air, or jumps with all four feet off the ground 弓背跃起，腾跃2 move suddenly 突然移动 [intransitive]STOP MOVING to suddenly move up and down, or backwards and forwards, in an uncontrolled way 猛烈颠簸，剧烈震荡 The plane bucked sharply. 飞机剧烈颠簸。3 AGAINST/OPPOSEoppose 反对 [intransitive, transitive] to oppose something in a direct way 反抗；抵抗 He was a rebel who bucked the system (=opposed rules or authority). 他是一个反抗体制的叛逆者。 Unemployment in the area has bucked the trend by falling over the last month. 这个地区的失业现象已经有所逆转，最近一个月来失业率下降了。buck against Initially, he had bucked against her restraints. 最初他曾反抗过她的管束。4 make SB happier 使某人更开心 [transitive] to make someone feel more happy, confident, or healthy 鼓舞，使振作 He was bucked by the success he’d had. 他因为有了之前的成功而受到鼓舞。 She gave me a tonic which bucked me a little. 她给我喝了一杯奎宁水，这使我有了点精神。5 buck for something phrasal verb to try very hard to get something, especially a good position at work 努力争取〔尤指好的职位〕 He’s bucking for promotion. 他在努力争取升职。6 buck up phrasal verb a) HAPPYto become happier, or to make someone happier （使）振作精神，（使）快活起来 Come on, buck up, things aren’t that bad! 好啦，打起精神，事情还没那么糟糕！buck somebody ↔ up You need something to buck you up. 你需要点刺激。b) buck up!HURRY British English old-fashioned used to tell someone to hurry up 赶快！ 快点！ Buck up, John! We’ll be late. 快点，约翰！ 我们要迟到了。c) informal to improve, or to make something improve （使）好转 It’ll be a long time before the situation starts to buck up. 这种情形要过很久才会好转。buck something ↔ up a company that is looking to buck up its networking capabilities 一家正在设法扩大其网络容量的公司d) buck your ideas upIMPROVE British English informal used to tell someone to improve their behaviour or attitude 〔用于告诫别人〕规矩起来，端正态度→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
buck• Attempts to buck that system would end in the courtrooms or, as likely, unemployment.• Some tech issues bucked the selling trend.• Natural rebels, backed up with the guts it takes to buck the system.• But water shares bucked the trend and, as usual, were a haven in times of trouble.• Dallas and Houston also bucked the trend.• Last year it took 32 % of the mobile phone market and is looking to buck the worldwide trend.• Governors rarely buck their chairman and directly reject his recommendations.bucked ... trend• But Liverpool, to their credit, bucked the trend.• Dallas and Houston also bucked the trend.• Some tech issues bucked the selling trend.• But water shares bucked the trend and, as usual, were a haven in times of trouble.• Companies making products for the Internet bucked the trend and held up well in the fourth quarter.• Electricity shares bucked the trend and rallied, but water sprang a few leaks.• Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. bucked the trend, gaining 3 3 / 4 to 77 1 / 4.• The shares bucked the market trend, rising one penny to 491p.buck3 adverb American English 1.buck naked not wearing any clothes 赤条条地，一丝不挂地From Longman Business Dictionarybuckbuck1 /bʌk/ noun [countable] American English informalFINANCE a dollarI owe 500 bucks but I haven’t paid yet.I hope that you guys can make a buck (=earn some money) out of it.There are big bucks (=a lot of money) to be made from sport.We won’t sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck (=money that you can make quickly and easily).buckbuck2 verb1buck the system to do something that goes against the rules or against the normal way of doing somethingThose who try to buck the system tend to miss out on promotion.2COMMERCE buck the trend to do well in business when other companies are doing badlyBritain will buck the global recessionary trend next year with growth of around 1.1pc.→ See Verb tableOrigin buck1 1. (1800-1900) Perhaps from buckskin; because it was used as a unit of exchange in trade with Native Americans. 2. (1900-2000) buck “object used in the card game of poker to mark the next person to play” ((19-20 centuries)), from buckhorn knife “knife with a handle made from a buck's horn” ((19-20 centuries)). 3. Old English bucca “male deer or goat”Canadian, or Australian Business a dollar US, Corpus
buck
buck1 S1 /bʌk/ 
noun [countable]
Origin: Perhaps from buckskin; because it was used as a unit of exchange in trade with Native Americans.
Origin: buck 'object used in the card game of poker to mark the next person to play' (19-20 centuries), from buckhorn knife 'knife with a handle made from a buck's horn' (19-20 centuries).
Origin: bucca 'male deer or goat'1. DOLLAR informal a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar:
He owes me ten bucks.
The movie is about a group of men trying to make a buck (=earn some money) as male strippers.
big/mega bucks (=a lot of money)
Using celebrities in advertising is guaranteed to pull in big bucks.
make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly)
2. the buck stops here (also the buck stops with somebody) used to say that a particular person is responsible for something:
The buck stops firmly with the boss.
3. pass the buck to make someone else responsible for something that you should deal with
4. feel/look like a million bucks especially American English informal to feel or look very healthy, happy, and beautiful
5. ANIMAL (plural buck or bucks) a male rabbit, deer, and some other male animals ⇨ doe
6. MAN old-fashioned a young man ⇨ (get) a bigger/better etc bang for your buck at bang1(5)
buck2 verb
1. HORSE [intransitive] if a horse bucks, it kicks its back feet into the air, or jumps with all four feet off the ground
2. MOVE SUDDENLY [intransitive] to suddenly move up and down, or backwards and forwards, in an uncontrolled way:
The plane bucked sharply.
3. OPPOSE [transitive] to oppose something in a direct way:
He was a rebel who bucked the system (=opposed rules or authority).
Unemployment in the area has bucked the trend by falling over the last month.
buck against
Initially, he had bucked against her restraints.
4. MAKE SOMEBODY HAPPIER [transitive] to make someone feel more happy, confident, or healthy:
He was bucked by the success he’d had.
She gave me a tonic which bucked me a little.
buck for something phrasal verb
to try very hard to get something, especially a good position at work:
He’s bucking for promotion.
buck up phrasal verb
1. to become happier, or to make someone happier:
Come on, buck up, things aren’t that bad!
buck somebody ↔ up
You need something to buck you up.
2. buck up! British English old-fashioned used to tell someone to hurry up:
Buck up, John! We’ll be late.
3. informal to improve, or to make something improve:
It’ll be a long time before the situation starts to buck up.
buck something ↔ up
a company that is looking to buck up its networking capabilities
4. buck your ideas up British English informal used to tell someone to improve their behaviour or attitude
buck3 adverb American English
buck naked not wearing any clothes
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noun [countable] Sense 1,4
Date: 1800-1900Origin: Perhaps from buckskin; because it was used as a unit of exchange in trade with Native Americans.
Sense 2
Date: 1900-2000Origin: buck 'object used in the card game of poker to mark the next person to play' (19-20 centuries), from buckhorn knife 'knife with a handle made from a buck's horn' (19-20 centuries).
Sense 3, 5
Language: Old EnglishOrigin: bucca 'male deer or goat'
big/mega bucks (=a lot of money)
make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly)
2. the buck stops here (also the buck stops with somebody) used to say that a particular person is responsible for something:
3. pass the buck to make someone else responsible for something that you should deal with
4. feel/look like a million bucks especially American English informal to feel or look very healthy, happy, and beautiful
5. ANIMAL (plural buck or bucks) a male rabbit, deer, and some other male animals ⇨ doe
6. MAN old-fashioned a young man ⇨ (get) a bigger/better etc bang for your buck at bang1(5)
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verb1. HORSE [intransitive] if a horse bucks, it kicks its back feet into the air, or jumps with all four feet off the ground
2. MOVE SUDDENLY [intransitive] to suddenly move up and down, or backwards and forwards, in an uncontrolled way:
3. OPPOSE [transitive] to oppose something in a direct way:
buck against
4. MAKE SOMEBODY HAPPIER [transitive] to make someone feel more happy, confident, or healthy:
buck for something phrasal verb
to try very hard to get something, especially a good position at work:
buck up phrasal verb
1. to become happier, or to make someone happier:
buck somebody ↔ up
2. buck up! British English old-fashioned used to tell someone to hurry up:
3. informal to improve, or to make something improve:
buck something ↔ up
4. buck your ideas up British English informal used to tell someone to improve their behaviour or attitude
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adverb American Englishbuck naked not wearing any clothes
Buck
Buck, Pearl S.
(1892–1973) a US writer who lived for many years in China until 1931 and wrote several novels about that country. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
Buck, Pearl S.
(1892–1973) a US writer who lived for many years in China until 1931 and wrote several novels about that country. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
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