bucket
/ˈbʌkɪt/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈʌkət] /ˈbʌkɪt/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈʌkət] /ˈbə-kət/ (ame, mw)
bucket — 名詞
- bucketsingular
- bucketsplural
1. a deep, open vessel with a curved grip, used to move or store water, sand, and s
桶子；水桶
有提把的開口容器，可裝水或沙
a deep, open vessel with a curved grip, used to move or store water, sand, and similar things.
Hana filled the bucket at the garden tap before washing the muddy steps.
Hana 先在花園水龍頭把桶子裝滿，才去洗那些沾滿泥巴的台階。
fill a bucket at a tap
Theo carried a bucket of shells back from the beach after lunch.
Theo 午餐後提著一桶貝殼，從海灘走了回來。
a bucket of + noun
The cleaner kept a blue bucket beside the sink for soapy water.
清潔人員在水槽旁放著一個藍色桶子，裡面裝肥皂水。
Daniel knocked over the bucket, and dirty water spread across the garage floor.
Daniel 把水桶撞翻了，髒水立刻漫到車庫地板上。
文法句型
fill a bucket
a bucket of + noun
carry a bucket
用法筆記
Usually used for practical carrying or cleaning jobs rather than for serving food at a table. Common contents include water, sand, paint, and tools.
常見錯誤
2. the heavy metal scoop fixed to the front of a digging or lifting machine, used t
挖斗
挖土機或吊車前端用來鏟裝材料的斗
the heavy metal scoop fixed to the front of a digging or lifting machine, used to pick up earth, stones, or waste.
The excavator's bucket bit into the wet soil beside the new road.
那台挖土機的挖斗咬進新道路旁邊的濕土裡。
the bucket of an excavator
A cracked bucket on the digger kept dropping stones before they reached the truck.
挖土機上的破裂挖斗在石頭送到卡車前就一直往下掉。
bucket on a digger
Workers replaced the bucket after the machine bent its front edge on concrete.
那台機器的前緣在混凝土上撞彎後，工人把挖斗換掉了。
The crane lowered its bucket into the trench to lift out broken bricks.
吊車把它的挖斗放進溝裡，把碎磚塊吊了出來。
文法句型
the bucket of a digger
lower the bucket
replace a bucket
用法筆記
Use this sense in construction or heavy-equipment contexts. It names the attached metal part of the machine, not a separate hand-held container.
3. as much of something as a bucket can hold at one time.
一桶量
一個桶子能裝下的分量
as much of something as a bucket can hold at one time.
We mixed one bucket of plaster before starting the repairs in the hallway.
我們先拌好一桶量的灰泥，才開始修走廊。
one bucket of + material
The farmer fed each calf a bucket of grain on the cold morning.
那位農夫在寒冷的早晨餵每隻小牛一桶量的穀物。
a bucket of + grain
Only half a bucket of paint was left after the studio walls dried.
工作室牆面乾掉後，只剩下半桶量的油漆。
Pedro poured two buckets of sand onto the path to cover the ice.
Pedro 往小路上倒了兩桶量的沙，好蓋住冰面。
文法句型
a bucket of + noun
two buckets of + noun
half a bucket of + noun
用法筆記
Often follows a number or quantity word. This sense focuses on the amount of material, not on the container itself.
bucket — 動詞
- bucketpresent simple I / you / we / they
- buckets3rd person singular
- bucketing-ing form
- bucketedpast simple
1. to lift, carry, or put something somewhere by using a bucket.
用桶運
用桶子提起、裝入或搬運
to lift, carry, or put something somewhere by using a bucket.
Villagers bucketed water from the river to the tanks during the outage.
停水期間，村民把河水用桶運到水槽裡。
bucket water from one place to another
The crew bucketed wet cement up to the roof by hand.
那組工人靠人力把濕水泥一桶一桶運上屋頂。
bucket material up to a higher place
After the pump failed, workers bucketed mud out of the basement all night.
抽水機壞掉後，工人整晚把地下室的泥一桶桶往外運。
Two children bucketed apples into the cart while their father packed boxes.
兩個孩子把蘋果用桶裝進推車裡，同時他們的父親在裝箱。
文法句型
bucket + water + from + place
bucket + something + into + container
bucket + something + out of + place
用法筆記
Usually literal and physical, often with water, mud, grain, or building material. In everyday speech, speakers often prefer carry, scoop, or bail unless the bucket itself is important.