n.[C]

1. 水桶，提桶，吊桶
2. 桶狀物；（挖土機等的）鏟斗，勺斗；（唧筒的）活塞
3. （一）桶；滿桶[（+of）]
   He came down the hill carrying a bucket of water.

   他提著一桶水下山來了。

4. 大量[P]
   When she heard about her brother's death she cried buckets.

   當得知兄弟的死訊時，她淚流滿面。

5. 【俚】屁股

vi.

1. 下傾盆大雨[（+down）]
   The rain bucketed down.

   大雨傾盆。

   The jeep bucketed over the bumpy road.

   吉普車在崎嶇不平的路上顛簸行進。

2. 急速（或顛簸著）行進，駕車飛駛；亂跑[Q]

vt.

1. 用桶提（或裝運）
   The girl was bucketing water from the well.

   那姑娘在用桶從井裡打水。

2. 催（馬）拼命跑；（橫衝直撞地）駕駛（車等）
3. 利用（顧客的資金）買空賣空

n.

1. a cylindrical open container with a handle, used to carry liquids.
   ▸a compartment on the outer edge of a waterwheel.
   ▸the scoop of a dredger or grain elevator, or one attached to the front of a digger or tractor.
2. (buckets) informal large quantities of liquid.

v.

1. (bucket down) Brit. rain heavily.
2. (of a vehicle) move quickly and jerkily.