◙ noun 1. a roughly cylindrical open container, typically made of metal or plastic and having a handle, used to hold and carry liquids • 桶，水桶，吊桶 the contents of such a container or the amount it can contain • 一桶的量 »she emptied a bucket of water over them. 她往他们身上倒了一桶水。 (buckets)[informal] large quantities of liquid, typically rain or tears • [非正式] 大量液体（尤指雨水或眼泪） »I wept buckets. 我泪如泉涌。 a compartment on the outer edge of a waterwheel • （水车的）戽斗 the scoop of a dredger or grain elevator • （挖掘机的）铲斗，（谷物升运器的）勺斗 a scoop attached by two movable forks to the front of a loader, digger, or tractor • （装卸设备，挖掘器，拖拉机等前面安装的）挖斗，铲斗 [Computing] a unit of data that can be transferred from a backing store in a single operation • [计算机] 存储桶 ◙ (bucketed, bucketing), [no obj.] 1. [Brit. informal] (it buckets, it is bucketing , etc.)rain heavily • [英，非正式] 下大雨 »it was still bucketing down. 天还在下大雨。 2. [with adverbial of direction] [informal] (of a vehicle) move quickly and jerkily • [非正式] （车辆）快速颠簸着行驶 »the car came bucketing out of a side road. 小汽车颠簸着从边上一条路冲了出来。
【派生】
♦ bucketful nounpl.-fuls
【语源】
1. Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French buquet 'tub, pail', perhaps from Old English būc 'belly, pitcher'