1. （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.

    e.g. We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door...
           我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。
    e.g. The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
           女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。

2. 大量
    Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it.

    e.g. They obviously have buckets of confidence...
           很明显，他们信心十足。
    e.g. They didn't exactly sell bucket-loads of records the first time around.
           其实，他们第一次唱片卖得并不很多。

3. （涕泪）滂沱；（大雨）瓢泼
    If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot.

    e.g. He was weeping buckets...
           他正哭得稀里哗啦的。
    e.g. The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
           我们回去时，外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。

4. 蹬腿儿；咽气儿
    If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.

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