bucket

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buck·et1 /ˈbʌkɪt/ ●●● S2 noun [countable]  1. CONTAINERDTan open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquids 桶 SYN pail2  (also bucketful)AMOUNT the quantity of liquid that a bucket can hold 一桶之量bucket of a bucket of water 一桶水3. PART OF MACHINETBCa part of a machine shaped like a large bucket and used for moving earth, water etc 铲斗；勺斗；戽斗4  informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a large amount of something 大量 They were drinking beer by the bucket. 他们狂饮啤酒。bucket of They made buckets of cash on the deal. 这笔生意他们赚大发了。5. weep buckets informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT to cry a lot 泪如雨下6. in buckets informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT if rain comes down in buckets, it is raining very hard 〔雨〕倾盆而下 → kick the bucket at kick1(20), → a drop in the bucket at drop2(8)

Examples from the Corpus

bucket• On one wall you see a projected image of a man bathing himself from an enameled bucket.• It pays to have friendly neighbours or a large bucket at this stage.• The steamy yellow gruel in the bucket splashed out on to the kitchen floor.• The bucket has teeth the size of a man, and room to park three stretch limos.• Most will walk home later, ashamed that their buckets are empty.bucket of• I needed four buckets of water to wash the car.bucket2 verb  1 bucket down phrasal verb British English informal DNto rain very hard 〔雨〕倾盆而下 SYN pour It’s been bucketing down all day. 倾盆大雨已下了一整天。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

bucket• He bucketed across the fields and mounted the road at five-fifteen.• The metal body jumped and bucketed beneath her on the ruts.• Trent rode in first gear, headlight tunnelling into the forest gloom through which the rain bucketed.• As she was undressing it began to rain again, and soon it was bucketing down.• At times Rubberneck wept, shed, and for no apparent reason, bucketing tears in dreadful fits of sadness.Origin bucket (1200-1300) Anglo-French buket, from Old English buc “container for pouring liquid, belly”

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container a for with carrying handle, an used Corpus open

Bucket
Bu‧cket, Hyacinth /buːˈkeɪ/
a female character in a humorous British television programme called Keeping Up Appearances. She always keeps her house very clean and tidy, and is a typical example of an English snob (=someone who thinks social class is very important and is eager to be accepted by people of a higher social class). She pronounces her name to sound like ‘bouquet’ (=an arrangement of flowers) instead of like ‘bucket’.

bucket

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buck‧et¹ S2 /ˈbʌkət, ˈbʌkɪt/ noun [countable]
1. an open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquids
   SYN  pail
2. (also bucketful) the quantity of liquid that a bucket can hold
    bucket of
    a bucket of water
3. a part of a machine shaped like a large bucket and used for moving earth, water etc
4. informal a large amount of something:
    They were drinking beer by the bucket.
    bucket of
    They made buckets of cash on the deal.
5. weep buckets informal to cry a lot
6. in buckets informal if rain comes down in buckets, it is raining very hard
⇨ kick the bucket at kick¹(20), ⇨ a drop in the bucket at drop²(8)

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bucket² verb
     
bucket down phrasal verb British English informal
  to rain very hard
   SYN  pour:
    It’s been bucketing down all day.