bucketn. ❶pail桶。
❷yoke or beam on a carrier’sshoulders轭架，扁担。
△2H.IV. 3.2. 284 (263): “comeoff and on swifter than he that gibbets on the brewer’s bucket.”i.e.lift up and down the light mus-ket swifter than:❶a man hanging the brewer’s buckets or pails of beer onto the yoke across his shoulders:
❷a man hoisting the brewer’s yoke for carrying pailsof beer onto his shoulders.把枪端起和放下，比人把两只啤酒桶挂在扁担两头还要快。(又译：把枪端起和放下，比人用吊钩把两只啤酒桶吊上扁担两头还要快。)(按：这句话比较难解，一般采用第二种解释。) bucket(1)[ˈbʌkit]n.&v. 买空卖空
‖ bucket shop 小交易所，投机商号
bucket trading 证券投机
bucketing n. 对敲
bucketteer n.证券投机商
bucket(2)[ˈbʌkit]n. 篮下策应者
‖ bucket hitting 跑动的击球
bucket play 中锋策应
bucket seat 圆背坐椅
bucket step 长台阶
bucket(3)[ˈbʌkit]n. 涡轮叶片
bucket(4)[ˈbʌkit]n.圆桶，提桶，铲斗，活塞 v.用桶打水，飞奔
◇ a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟，九牛一毛
kick the bucket 死掉
‖ bucket theory of mind 心管水桶理论
bucketshop n. 倒卖机票的企业 |