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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.
例句
We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door...
我們用一個吊桶從門外的井中打水。
The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
女孩們帶著鏟子和小桶在沙灘上快活地玩耍。
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QUANT
大量
Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it.
例句
They obviously have buckets of confidence...
很明顯，他們信心十足。
They didn't exactly sell bucket-loads of records the first time around.
其實(shí)，他們第一次唱片賣得并不很多。
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N-PLURAL
（涕淚）滂沱；（大雨）瓢潑
If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot.
例句
He was weeping buckets...
他正哭得稀里嘩啦的。
The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
我們回去時，外面的傾盆大雨仍然下個不停。
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PHRASE
蹬腿兒；咽氣兒
If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.