词典释义：
a roughly cylindrical open container, typically made of metal or plastic and having a handle, used to hold and carry liquids
桶，水桶，吊桶。
the contents of such a container or the amount it can contain
一桶的量
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she emptied a bucket of .water over them 她往他们身上倒了一桶水。
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〈非正式〉 大量液体（尤指雨水或眼泪）
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I wept buckets .我泪如泉涌。
a compartment on the outer edge of a waterwheel
（水车的）戽斗。
the scoop of a dredger or grain elevator
（挖掘机的）铲斗；（谷物升运器的）勺斗。
a scoop attached by two movable forks to the front of a loader, digger, or tractor
（装卸设备、挖掘机、拖拉机等前面安装的）挖斗；铲斗。
【计算机】存储桶。
〈英，非正式〉 下大雨
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it was still bucketing down .天还在下大雨。
[with adverbial of direction]
〈非正式〉 （车辆）快速颠簸着行驶
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the car came bucketing out of a side road .小汽车颠簸着从边上一条路冲了出来。
"Middle English： from Anglo-Norman French
