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PHRASE 蹬腿儿;咽气儿
If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.
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N-PLURAL (涕泪)滂沱;(大雨)瓢泼
If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot.
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N-COUNT (有提手的)桶,吊桶,水桶
A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
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QUANT 大量
Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it.
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[可数名词] (有提梁的)桶
英文释义:
an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand, etc.
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[可数名词] 大桶状物;(起重机的)吊斗;(挖土机的)铲斗
英文释义:
a large container that is part of a crane or digger and is used for lifting things
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[可数名词] 一桶(的量)
英文释义:
the amount contained in a bucket
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[复数名词] (informal)大量
英文释义:
a large amount
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习语 Idioms kick the bucket
(informal orhumorous)死;翘辫子;蹬腿儿
to die
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(英国英语, informal)下大雨
英文释义:
to rain heavily
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two buckets/bucketfuls of water
两桶水《牛津词典》
a plastic bucket
塑料桶《牛津词典》
You should pick up a bucket and a mop to clean the house.
你应该拿一个水桶和一个拖把去打扫房间。
Which can hold more water, a cup or a bucket?
哪个东西能盛水多, 是杯子还是水桶?《期刊摘选》
When you've emptied the water out, please clean the bucket.
把水倒光后, 清洗一下水桶.《简明英汉词典》
What's inside the bucket?
桶里面是什么呀?
We wept buckets.
我们泪如泉涌。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
We wept buckets .
我们泪如泉涌。《牛津词典》
We put a bucket under the hole in the roof to catch the drips.
我们在屋顶漏洞下放了一个水桶接水滴。《牛津词典》
We need to weight the bucket plus oil first.
我们先要称桶加上油的重量。
We let the bucket down by a rope.
我们用绳子把吊桶放下去。《牛津词典》
We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door...
我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》
We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door
我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
We carry a bucket by the handle.
我们提著水桶的把手.《期刊摘选》
Water splashed into the bucket from the tap.
水从龙头里喷溅着注入水池.《简明英汉词典》
Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor.
桶里的水洒出来了,洒了一地。《牛津词典》
Tomorrow is our day without water. We'd better fill some buckets tonight.
明天轮到我们停水. 我们今天晚上最好把水桶装满水.《期刊摘选》
To water your planets, you tilt the controller downwards as you would a bucket.
要给庄稼浇水, 你要向下倾斜手柄就像你拿着一个水桶一样.《期刊摘选》
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。《牛津词典》
This bucket is made from a galvanized iron sheet.
这个水桶是用镀锌铁皮制成的.《期刊摘选》
They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades.
他们带着桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
They used to drink tea by the bucket/bucketful (= in large quantities) .
他们过去喝很多茶。《牛津词典》
They obviously have buckets of confidence...
很明显,他们信心十足。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》
They obviously have buckets of confidence
很明显,他们信心十足。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
They melt a little ball of lead and then drop it into a bucket of water.
他们将小铅球融化,然后滴进一桶水里.《期刊摘选》
They didn't exactly sell bucket-loads of records the first time around.
其实,他们第一次唱片卖得并不很多。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》
There was also plenty of liquor ; champagne in a bucket, scotch, rye, brandy and sideboard.
有用桶装的香摈酒, 苏格兰威士忌, 黑麦威士忌, 白兰地等.《期刊摘选》
There is a bucket and a boat.
那里有一个水桶和一条船。
Then, there is Shoes for Kicking Buckets on the Lawn!
于是, 草地上的踢水桶专用鞋诞生了!《期刊摘选》
The water bucket was filled full of berries.
水桶里装满着浆果.《辞典例句》
The uncovered bucket in the corner stank.
角落里那只未盖盖子的桶散发着臭味。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
The top of bucket is sealed with rubber membrane, and the rubber membrane inflated a pressure.
水桶顶端用橡皮膜密封, 橡皮膜在压力作用下澎胀.《期刊摘选》
The third boy rn to his mother, carried the buckets without a word and went away.
第三个男孩向他母亲跑来, 一句话都没有说就拿起水桶走开了.《期刊摘选》
The rubbish bucket has been thrown away.
垃圾桶已经被扔掉了。
The roof was leaking and I had to use a bucket to catch the drips.
屋顶漏雨,我不得不用桶来接。《牛津词典》
The rejected are for ourselves and goats. One basket and one bucket for goats a day.
不合格的留给自己和羊吃. 人一日至少食一篮,羊则满满一桶.《期刊摘选》
The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
我们回去时,外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》
The rain was coming down in buckets.
下着瓢泼大雨。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The rain was coming down in buckets (= it was raining very heavily) .
下着瓢泼大雨。《牛津词典》
The rain poured down as if someone were emptying it out of great buckets.
雨水好像有人把它从大水桶倒下来似地,倾盆而下.《期刊摘选》
The rain came down in buckets.
雨倾盆而下.《期刊摘选》
The rain came down in bucket.
大雨倾盆而下。《辞典例句》
The rain came down / fell in buckets.
大雨倾盆而下.《辞典例句》
The past is but a bucket of ashes.
过去不过是一桶灰尘.《期刊摘选》
The paper gives anexamination and repair of the bucket and measures for protection against erosion.
文中还介绍了消力戽的检修及改造,提出了防止蚀损及蚀损补修措施.《期刊摘选》
The old man fell against the bucket.
那老人被水桶绊倒了.《简明英汉词典》
The man poised a bucket of water on the head.
那个男人头上平稳地顶着一桶水.《期刊摘选》
The hotel cleaner entered carrying a bucket and a mop.
旅馆清洁工拿着水桶和拖把进来.《简明英汉词典》
The horse kicked over a milk bucket.
那匹马踢翻了一个牛奶桶。
The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》
The fireman filled our bucket with clean coal.
消防队员在我们的桶里装满了干净的煤。
The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.
火被一桶水浇灭了.《辞典例句》
The contents are emptied into color-coded buckets.
东西都被倒进不同颜色的桶里。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
The circus clowns dashed buckets of white wash over each other.
马戏团的小丑们相互将一桶桶白涂料倒向对方.《期刊摘选》
The children took their buckets and spades to the beach.
孩子们带上自己的桶和铲子到海滩去了。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The calf lapped up the bucket of milk.
牛犊把那桶牛奶津津有味地喝光了。《牛津词典》
The buckets full of water went from hand to hand in silence.
装满水的水桶静静地从一只手传到另一只手.《期刊摘选》
The bucket is filled with warm soapy water.
这个水桶装满了温的肥皂水.《期刊摘选》
The bucket fell over, sending a shower of water into the street.
水桶打翻了, 大量的水泼洒在街上.《期刊摘选》
The boy showed the man a bucket.
小伙子把水桶指给他看。
The bottom of the bucket is clean knocked out.
水桶底儿一古脑儿都磕掉啦.《期刊摘选》
The bottom of the bucket has worn through after all this time.
经过这么长时间,这只桶的底部终于磨穿了.《简明英汉词典》
The alley cat kicked the bucket last night.
那只野猫昨夜踢了水桶).《期刊摘选》
Supply is mainly composed of the sink, water water bucket roll and roll.
供水装置主要由水槽 、 水斗辊和传水辊组成.《期刊摘选》
Soak the corn, leaving the husk on, in a bucket of water.
把玉米带壳浸入一桶水中.《期刊摘选》
She threw a bucket of water over them.
她向他们泼了一桶水。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
She stored the cracked wheat in a bucket.
她把碾碎的小麦储存在桶里。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
She ran hot water into the bucket.
她把热水注入桶里。《牛津词典》
She poured a bucket of water over me.
她把一桶水倒在我身上.《简明英汉词典》
She bent and picked up a plastic bucket.
她弯腰拎起一个塑料桶。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
She bent and picked up a plastic bucket
她弯腰提起一个塑料桶。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
She asked her mother to bring her a bucket.
她让妈妈给她拿一个水桶来。
Several fire buckets were hung beside the door.
门旁边挂着几只消防水桶.《辞典例句》
Read these, I hastened to pick a fishing rod and bucket, as well as flour.
看了这些, 我急忙去拿了鱼竿和水桶, 还有面粉.《期刊摘选》
Pour about a bucket of water.
倒入约一桶的水.《辞典例句》
Placed in a river, a water wheel picks up flowing water in buckets wheel.
他们把水轮安置在河中, 水轮边上装有水桶,可以把流水高高舀起.《期刊摘选》
Paul: We could get a bucket of Ben and Jerry's at the supermarket.
保罗: 我们可以去超级市场买一桶班与杰瑞冰淇淋.《期刊摘选》
My feed bucket was gone.
我的饲料桶不翼而飞了。
Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
人们提来一桶桶水灭火.《简明英汉词典》
Many people with buckets are picking up shells and catching small crabs by the seaside.
海边有许多拿着水桶赶海的人们,他们在海边拣贝壳,抓小螃蟹,很有意思.《期刊摘选》
Lisa : We can share a large bucket.
我们可以买一桶大的一起吃.《期刊摘选》
Like a tire leaking air. Or a bucket leaking water.
如轮胎漏气, 或者水桶漏水.《期刊摘选》
It's bucketing down.
大雨倾盆。《牛津词典》
Is the bucket enough to hold those milk?
这个桶够装那些牛奶吗?
In the middle of the picnic It'started to rain in buckets, and everybody got soaked.
野餐中,当大家吃到一半时,大雨倾盆而下, 每个人都淋得湿透了.《期刊摘选》
In 2009 for the biggest bucket of gold, advance publicity and public relations business.
为2009年的最大一桶金, 提前宣传和业务公关.《期刊摘选》
If you must spit at all, please spit in the bucket provided.
如果你非吐不可, 就请吐到备好的痰桶里.《简明英汉词典》
I'm pouring water into the bucket.
我正在把水倒进桶里。
I'll go and get a bucket of slops.
我去拿一桶泔水来.《期刊摘选》
I want a bucket of ice, please.
劳驾,我想要一桶冰。
I see a bucket in front of the door.
我看见门前有一个水桶。
I raised the bucket to his lips.
我把水桶提到他的嘴边.《期刊摘选》
I put water into the bucket.
我把水放进水桶。
I picked up my bucket.
我拿起了自己的小桶。
I mean what used to be a bucket of emissions is now a drop.
我的意思是,以前足有一桶的排放量现在只有一滴.《期刊摘选》
I knocked over the bucket and the water poured ( out ) all over the floor.
我打翻了 水桶,水流了一地.《期刊摘选》
I can show you what is inside my bucket.
我可以给你们看我的桶里有什么。
I brought a bucket of ice to chill the wine.
我带了一桶冰块,用来冰酒.《期刊摘选》
I borrowed a water bucket from a villager.
我向村里的老乡借了一个水桶.《简明英汉词典》
How full is your bucket?
你的水桶有多满?
Holiday mad Brits are packing their buckets and spades and heading for the sun.
酷爱假日的英国人正收拾小桶和锹铲前往阳光充足的地方。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
His heart clanged like fifteen buckets in a single well.
他心头上十五个吊桶打水,七上八下。《汉英大词典》
He wet down the ground by buckets of water.
他用一桶桶水把地泼湿.《期刊摘选》
He was weeping buckets...
他正哭得稀里哗啦的。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》
He was weeping buckets
他正哭得稀里哗啦的。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
He was sweating buckets.
他大汗淋漓。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He was sweating buckets by the end of the race.
跑到终点时他汗流浃背。《牛津词典》
He took a bucket of water to water the flowers.
他提了一桶水去浇花。
He then reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand.
然后他从桌子底下拿出一桶沙子.《期刊摘选》
He the bucket and filled the topmost trough the bottom one.
他提起一桶水倒入处于底端的最高的木槽.《期刊摘选》
He reached under the table and out a bucket of sand.
他伸手从桌下拿出一桶沙子,开端慢慢倒进玻璃瓶.《期刊摘选》
He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand.
他又把手伸到桌子底下拿出一桶沙子.《期刊摘选》
He peered into the bucket where the fish splashed around.
他凝视着水桶里的鱼溅起水花.《期刊摘选》
He looked inside and found the other bucket.
他往里面一看,发现了另一个桶。
He knocked the bucket over and all the water spilt out.
他撞翻了水桶,水全流出去了.《期刊摘选》
He immersed his aching feet in a bucket of cold water.
他将疼痛的脚浸在一桶冷水中.《期刊摘选》
He immerged his aching feet in a bucket of hot water.
他把疼痛的双足浸在一桶热水里.《期刊摘选》
He filled upthe bucket with water.
他把水桶装满水.《期刊摘选》
He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run.
他感到一股突如其来的扔下桶跑掉的冲动。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run
他突然有一种想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的冲动。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
He fainted suddenly, a bucket of water fetched him round.
他突然昏倒了, 给他泼了一桶水后他就苏醒过来了.《辞典例句》
He carries a bucket in his hand.
他手上拎着一个小桶。
He can lift two buckets of water at the same time.
他可以同时提起两桶水。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
He came down the hill carrying a bucket of water.
他提着一桶水下山来了.《辞典例句》
Go and fill this bucket with water for me.
去替我装满一桶水来.《期刊摘选》
Gimme the bucket--I won't be gone only a minute.
把水桶给我——我马上就回来。
For crying in the bucket, what thing has he done now?
天啊, 他到底干了什么事?《期刊摘选》
Facer has fainted; this bucket of water should fetch him round.
费塞昏过去了, 这桶水可以使他苏醒过来.《简明英汉词典》
Dunk new plants in a bucket of water for an hour or so before planting.
栽种新植物之前将它们在水桶中浸泡一小时左右。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Dudu bear and Maomao cat are beside the bucket.
嘟嘟熊和毛毛球在水桶旁边.《期刊摘选》
Cons shuffle past , dropping slips of paper into a bucket.
犯人们纷纷地把纸条放入铁桶中.《期刊摘选》
Can you imagine tricking someone into throwing a bucket of water on a policeman's head?
您能诱骗一个人,让他将满满一桶水倒在警察头上 吗 ?《期刊摘选》
But for your magic hand, I'd have long kicked the bucket.
要不是你妙手回春, 我早就见阎王了.《现代汉英综合大词典》
Buckets of water were passed from hand to hand to put the fire out.
人们一桶又一桶传递着水以便把火扑灭.《辞典例句》
Buckets of roses had been knocked over.
一桶桶的玫瑰被撞翻在地。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Bacon tumbled over the laundress's buckets in the passage through which he had to pass.
洗衣妇的水桶挡住了培根的必经之路,使他差一点绊倒.《辞典例句》
As soon as we were inside, the rain began to bucket down.
我们刚进屋,大雨便倾盆而下。《柯林斯例句》
As a joke, they doused him with a bucket of water.
他们开玩笑, 把一桶水泼到他身上了.《辞典例句》
Always keep a bucket of water bandy, in case of fire.
你手边总要备一桶水, 以防火灾.《期刊摘选》
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
广告就是在拿根棍子在泔水桶里搅动产生的卡嗒声.《期刊摘选》
(British English)They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades .
他们带着桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。《牛津词典》
you put your name into a, you know, like a bucket or a spin wheel
你把你的名字放进一个像桶一样的东西或者滚筒里,SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 实惠的歌舞剧
You might as well just put it in the big bucket and ask the question later.
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When considering a bucket strategy or systematic withdrawals for retirement income, certain trade-offs should be considered.
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What's that stuff in the bucket?
那只桶里装的是什么东西?
Well, if that's on your bucket list, then you might just be in luck.
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They collected it in a bucket and took it to Long Beach City Hall.
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There are "none of those luxuries -- you just bucket and chuck it, " he quipped.
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Their credits also include 2007 musical Hairspray, The Bucket List and the 2011 remake of Footloose.
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The two highest-end versions offer memory bucket seats with a center-console shifter, like a luxury sedan.
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The expression to kick the bucket is almost two hundred years old.
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The bucket is almost full.
桶几乎已经装满了。
The appreciation bucket can be mostly stock or an ownership stake in a company.
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The National Trust scrambled a helicopter with a water bucket to help douse the flames.
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That, at least, is the bucket-of-cold-water opinion of Gartner security industry analyst John Pescatore.
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So he updated his wardrobe and junked his rust bucket for a leased Rolls-Royce.
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She somewhat reluctantly stuffed a couple of bills into the tamper-resistant bucket and hurried off.
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She did not want to be milked. She kicked her back legs and stepped into the bucket that was supposed to catch her milk.
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She carried the bucket without spilling a drop.
她挑着水桶,一滴水都没洒。
Now we're doing the same for IT, using standards, taking things that are in what's this big bucket known as services and really encapsulating them in the form of services and products, but in a much more cost-effective way, using standards.
现在对于整个信息技术行业我们也采取这种方法,使用标准,通过服务,注入产品和服务,通过标准,提高成本效率。戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
Like them,he parks his cyclo on the sidewalk each night in a gaggle of other drivers, and sleeps in the bucket seat.
VOA : standard.2010.06.14
It's a drop in the bucket compared with the trillions the federal government spends each year.
WSJ: Taxpayer shell out nearly $3.7M for ex-presidents
In the 20s we had the bucket shop.
在二十年代有一种,投机商号。经济学课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
In table 3, the bucket strategy shows better outcomes when a lower cash target is used.
FORBES: A Bucket Strategy For Retirement Income
If traditional wireless networks work like fire trucks, mesh networks are more like a bucket brigade.
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If not, does some information not belong, or do you need to re-label a bucket?
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I've seen it on, like, YouTube, like the bucket drummers where they do all of their stick tricks and stuff. Um,
我在YouTube上看过的,鼓手们使劲浑身解数,运用了所有的敲打技艺。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 街头艺术
I'm a drop in the bucket and, you know, well -- You might lose the vote.
我那一票只是沧海一粟-,你可能是少数派。公正课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Hilliard's bucket and Pinkston's putback gave Villanova a 44-42 lead, its first since it was 4-3.
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He said he would need a "bucket load of good luck" to climb all three.
BBC: Kenton Cool attempts to climb three Himalayan peaks
He broke out in a sweat, sitting there with his bucket between his knees.
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Furthermore, even 20 desalination plants would only add a cup to California's water bucket.
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For me that forbidden temptation is a bucket of hot, greasy, Kentucky Fried Chicken, original recipe.
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For a small farmer, replacing a bucket with a pump can lead to cultivating a wider variety of crops and creating work for family and neighbors.
VOA : standard.2010.08.09
But while creating that bucket list, my pain, aloneness, and fears were replaced with the gift of forgetting.
BBC: The bloom of cancer
But the shows were just a drop in the bucket, as it turns out.
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But Phnom Penh has its cyclo - a three-wheeled bicycle with the driver perched on high above the rear wheel, and the passengers in a bucket seat slung between the two front wheels.
VOA : standard.2010.06.14
Both teams have a big bucket of candy placed in their respective Ancient spawn areas.
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Backhoe: an excavator in which the bucket faces the operator and is pulled towards him.
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At one end there's a body of water and a guy with a bucket.
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And bucket shop was a term of derision, because these people ran a gambling parlor.
这是嘲讽的说法,因为这类似于赌场。经济学课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
After the bucket, Randolph and Griffin wrestled themselves to the court in a tangle of bodies.
NPR: Grizzlies Advance With 118-105 Win Over Clippers
After finishing the bucket, my Mexican friends asked if I was ready to try pure pulque.
BBC: Mexicos ancient drink makes a comeback
After a Tar Heels turnover, Tony Chennault kept the spree alive with another bucket.
NPR: North Carolina Tops Villanova 78-71 In NCAAs
A moment or two later champagne in an ice-bucket materialized beside them.
片刻之后,他们身边出现了一只装着香槟的冰桶。
A bucket chain was formed to fight the fire.
一长串人提着水桶灭火。
"If you happened to be a Taino who lived up in the mountains and you weren't in the sun a lot and maybe your skin was a little lighter, then they threw you in the 'white' bucket."
VOA : standard.2010.04.05
"I told her to make the donation, " Mr. Ortiz said, pointing to the bucket.
WSJ: Salvation Army Swings
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水桶;排水吊桶
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[计]令牌桶;令牌漏桶
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死了;一命呜呼
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n. (餐桌上冰镇酒或饮料的)冰桶
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抓斗,挖泥抓斗;抓岩机的抓斗
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香槟桶 ; 香槟酒桶 ; 喷鼻槟桶 ; 喷鼻香槟桶
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斗轮挖掘机;戽头转轮挖土机
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杓轮;戽式链轮;戽斗水轮
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戽斗齿;铲斗齿
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桶子法 ; 桶式排序 ; 存储桶排序
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渔夫帽 ; 水桶帽 ; 盆帽
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斗式提升机;斗式运输机
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[机械]斗式输送机
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灰斗
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沧海一粟 ; 九牛一毛 ; 沧海一栗 ; 微不足道
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时间段 ; 时段 ; 时间元 ; 就时间框
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一路玩到挂 ; 遗愿清单 ; 玩转身前事 ; 国外部分
pail n. [尤美] 桶
〔辨析〕 通常用于装液体之物,一般由木头或金属制成。
- 〔举例〕
例1:Two pails of water are needed in order to make a meal.
做一顿饭需要两桶水。
例2:How did you clean the milk pail?
你是怎么清理牛奶桶的?
barrel n. 桶;一桶
〔辨析〕 指中间鼓起的大桶,多由木头或金属制成,通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等,也常用作原油的计量单位。
- 〔举例〕
例1:mpty beer barrels
空啤酒桶
例2:Our wine is aged in oak barrels.
我们的葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。
例3:Oil prices remained as low as $22 per barrel.
原油价格保持在每桶22美元的低价位。
bucket n. 桶
〔辨析〕 可装各种东西,尤指液体之物。
- 〔举例〕
例1:He can lift two buckets of water at the same time.
他可以同时提起两桶水。
例2:She stored the cracked wheat in a bucket.
她把碾碎的小麦储存在桶里。
bucketful 满桶;一桶之量