n.  桶 ≈ pail

n.  一桶之量

n. （起重机的）吊斗；（挖土机的）铲斗

n.  大量

• weep buckets  泪如雨下

• in buckets/bucket down  〔雨〕倾盆而下

• Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand. 午餐盒

• Her truck features a donation bucket for kids who don't have money for ice-cream. 捐赠桶

• It’s been bucketing down all day.

  倾盆大雨已下了一整天。

• He was sweating buckets by the end of the race. 跑到终点时他汗流浃背。

• 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。

• She threw a bucket of water over them.

  她向他们泼了一桶水。