1.CONTAINERDTan open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquids 桶SYN pail
2 (also bucketful)AMOUNT the quantity of liquid that a bucket can hold 一桶之量
bucket of
a bucket of water
一桶水
3.PART OF MACHINETBCa part of a machine shaped like a large bucket and used for moving earth, water etc 铲斗;勺斗;戽斗
4informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a large amount of something 大量
They were drinking beer by the bucket.
他们狂饮啤酒。
bucket of
They made buckets of cash on the deal.
这笔生意他们赚大发了。
5.weep bucketsinformalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT to cry a lot 泪如雨下
Examples from the Corpus
weep buckets• I wept buckets, but it wasn't until later that I realized what had happened.• When a girl was caught stealing sugar from the kitchen she wept buckets at the telling off she received.
6.in bucketsinformalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT if rain comes down in buckets, it is raining very hard 〔雨〕倾盆而下