buckets

n.【C】水桶；（机器上的）桶装物；大量

vi.颠簸行进；下倾盆大雨

vt.装在桶里

Go and fill this bucket with water for me. 去替我装满一桶水来。

He came down the hill carrying a bucket of water. 他提著一桶水下山来了。

I knocked over the bucket and the water poured (out) all over the floor. 我打翻了水桶，水流了一地。

They buy tickets by the bucket and sell them at a profit. 他们买了很多票,并且再卖掉以获取利润。

if it rains in buckets, it rains very hard. 如果下的倾盆大雨,说明雨下得很大。

The old car bucketed along at about thirty. 那辆旧车以30公里左右的时速行驶。

The rain bucketed down. 大雨倾盆。

The girl was bucketing water from the well. 那姑娘在用桶从井里打水。

bucket的基本意思是“桶”,指用金属、塑料或木板制的一种用来盛水的容器。

bucket是可数名词,可与冠词连用, a bucket of表示“一桶…的量”。