buck1 /bʌk/ noun [countableC] 1 MONEYdollar 元 informal a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar 美元;加元;澳元 He owes me ten bucks. 他欠我十美元。
The movie is about a group of men trying to make a buck (=earn some money) as male strippers. 这部影片讲的是一群男人想通过跳脱衣舞赚钱的故事。
big/mega bucks (=a lot of money) 许多钱 Using celebrities in advertising is guaranteed to pull in big bucks. 请名人做广告保证能赚大钱。
make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 发横财
2 the buck stops here (also the buck stops with somebody)RESPONSIBLE used to say that a particular person is responsible for something 责任到此为止;责任落在某人身上 The buck stops firmly with the boss. 责任不可推卸地落在老板肩上。
3. pass the buck to make someone else responsible for something that you should deal with 推诿责任pass the buck• If in doubt, pass the buck.• Mr. Loyden Is not the Minister passing the buck?• Some patients and carers were also unhappy about what they saw as sub-optimal care or different services passing the buck.• When anything like this happened, every office-holder in the community made speeches passing the buck on to the police department.• Shouldn't we now be acknowledging blame rather than passing the buck?• We were in the happy position of being able to pass the buck.• It's easy to pass the buck and blame someone else for your failure.• I personally refuse to pass the buck.• It was his mistake but he tried to pass the buck to another manager.• You were in charge of that project, so don't try to pass the buck.• a bunch of politicians all trying to pass the buck• Diplomats say NATO is clearly at fault, and that officials there are trying to pass the buck. 4. feel/look like a million bucks especially American EnglishAmE informalBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING to feel or look very healthy, happy, and beautiful 感觉精神非常好/看上去很精神 5. MALE ANIMALanimal 动物HBA (plural buck or bucks) a male rabbit, deer, and some other male animals 公兔;雄鹿;雄性动物 → doe 6. FASHIONABLEman 男人 old-fashioned a young man 小伙子 → (get) a bigger/better etc bang for your buck at bang1(5)