buc-can-eer /.bAka'ma^);
NAmE -'mr/ noun 1 (in
the past) a sailor who attacked ships at sea and stole from them (旧时）海盜 HTTi
pirate 2 (especially in business 尤指 商业） a
person who achieves success in a skilful but not always honest way 投机取巧者
bucc-an.eer.ing /.bAka'niarirj; NAmE
-'mrir)/ adj. enjoying taking risks, especially in business 爱冒险的， 大胆的（尤指经商方面）：Virgin’s buccaneerfng/oimder, Richard
Branson维珍公司富有冒险精神的创始人理查德• 布兰森
buck /bAk/
noun, verb
m
noun 1 [C] [informal) a
当儿谈的可是大买卖。.2 [C] a male deer, hare or RABBIT (also called a buck rabbitj 雄鹿；公兔一compare doe,
hart，stag 3 [C] (S4/r£) a deer, whether male or female 鹿（不论雌雄）：a herd 0/ buck —群鹿4[(；] (〇以- fashioned,
informal) a young man 5 the buck
[sing.] used in some expressions to
refer to the responsibility or blame for sth (用于某些表达方式 ） 责任 ，过
失：It was my decision. The buck
stops here (= nobody else can be blamed).那是我的决定。不要追究别人了。◊ I was tempted to pass the buck (= make sb else
respon- sible).我很想把责任推给别人。■繼I From buck, an
object which in a poker game is placed in front of the player whose turn it is
to deal.源自 buck (培克 >，扑
克喊游戏中的庄家标志。make a fast/quick buck {informal, often disapproving) to earn money quickly
and easily 轻易地赚钱一more at bang n., million
■
verfc* 1 [V] (of a horse 马）to jump with the two
back feet
or all four feet off the
ground ^起后蹄跳跃;弓背四蹄
跳起 2 [V]. to move up and down
suddenly or in a way that is not controlled 猛然震荡；猛烈颠备：The boat bucfced ami heaved
beneath them.小船在他们脚下猛烈颠
簸着.。3 [VN]
(/n/ormo/) to resist or oppose sth 抵制；
反抗：One or two companies have managed to buck
the trend
0/ the recession.有一两家公司顶住了经济滑坡的
势头:。〇 He
admired her willingness to buck the system {= oppose authority or
rules).他赞赏她反抗现存体制的
主动tt。buck your i'deas up (BrE, informaf) to start behaving in a
more acceptable way, so that work gets done better，etc.振作起来 .buck ■ up
1
(often in orders 常角于命令）to become more
cheerful 振作 cheer up ： Buclc up, kid! It’s not the end 0/ the game.年轻人，振作起来！比赛还未
结束呢。2 buck up! used to tell sb to
hurry 成.点；赶快 H77I
hurry up .buck sb 'up [BrE, /•/i/or/rn//) to make
sb more cheerful 使某人振作_ HTl cheer up： rhe good news bucfced
aH up.办.治息使我
们全都为之振奋。
bucket /'bAkit/
noun, verb
m noun 1 (NAmE
also pail)
[C]
an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand,
etc. (有提梁的）桶：a p〖〇5tic bucfcet塑料桶◊ (Br£) They were playing on
the beach with their buckets and spades. 他们带i桶和铲子在沙滩上玩。2 [C] a large
container that is part of a crane
or digger and is used for lifting
things大桶状物；<■起重机的}吊斗；（挖土机的）铲斗
一picture
construction 3 (also
bucket-ful /-ful/) [NAmE
also pail,
pail-ful) [G]
the amount contained in a imcket —桶（的—）：two
bucfcets/budcet_/iik 〇/water 两桶水◊ They used to
drinfc tea by the bucfcel/bucfce的iZ (甲 in large quantities).他们过去喝很多茶。4 buckets [pL]
{informal) a large amount To
succeed in show
bus/ness，you need buckets 0/confidence.要想在演艺界千
出名堂，就得有十足的信心。oVVeweptbucfcets.我f门舍
如泉涌。◊ He was sweating
buckets by the end 〇/ the race.命到终点时他汗流浃背。◊ 77ie rai’n was co/nfng
down in buckets .(= it was raining very heavily}.下着瓢
泼大厕。see drop n., kick k
■
verb 'bucket down {BrE, informal) to rain
heavily 下大雨 H7?l
pour： buc/ceting down.大雨
倾盆。