'bucket seat noun a seat with a curved back for one person, especially in a car (   1$ ) HU##-A

' bucket shop noun (informal, especially BrE) a place that sells cheap plane tickets

buck-eye /'bAkai/ noun 1 a N American tree that has bright red or white flowers and produces nuts Jg BH W, A (fr W ( it H ) 2 an orange and brown butterfly with large spots on its wings that look like eyes ( jgjf) 8g HE & Jg| $ 3 Buckeye (US, informal) a person from the US state of Ohio , Buck ' House noun {BrE, often ironic) an informal name for Buckingham Palace    ) : We

stayed at Tom’s place. It isn’t exactly Buck House, but it’s comfortable enough.     M#*MB%

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Buck ing ham Pal-ace /.bAkirjam 'paelas/ noun 1 the official home of the British royal family in London Q ft

RS ( lEffef Wain'll ) 2 the British royal

family or the people who advise them

lift: Buckingham Palace refused to comment.

buckle /‘bAkl/ verb, noun

■ verb 1 ~ (sth on/up) to fasten sth or be fastened with a buckle (        ) jgftlJnjA [VN] She buckled her belt.

ITifo 0 He buckled on his sword.    o [V]

These shoes buckle at the side.    2 to

become crushed or bent under a weight or force; to crush or bend sth in this way ( M ) Bii#,JEW:  [V]

The steel frames began to buckle under the strain. ^ O (figurative) A weaker man would have buckled under the pressure.

0 [VN] The crash buckled the front of my car. ffc (ft h W BU IP $ it T „ 3 [V] when your knees or legs buckle or when you buckle at the knees, your knees become weak and you start to fall

.buckle 'down (to sth) (informal) to start to do sth seriously jf iA M #; f M :  I’d better buckle

down to those reports.

a~0 .buckle 'up (NAmE) = belt up at belt v. a noun a piece of metal or plastic used for joining the ends of a belt or for fastening a part of a bag, shoe, etc.

(       ) fgrjB, fflfn — picture o fastener, shoe

Buck-ley’s /'bAkliz/ noun ITbTOI not have Buckley’s (chance) (AustralE, NZE, informal) used to suggest that sb has little or no hope of achieving a particular aim #§l

buck-min-ster-ful-ler-ene /.bAkminsta'fulariin; NAmE -star-/ (also ful-ler-ene) noun [U] (also bucky-balls [pi.]) (chemistry it) an allotrope (= form) of carbon with molecules of 60 atoms arranged in a round hollow shape     Wn A ( mWmMR

JZW,

buck 'naked adj. (NAmE, informal) (of a person A) not wearing any clothes at all —M buck-ram /'bAkram/ noun [u] a type of stiff cloth made especially from cotton or linen, used in the past for covering books and for making clothes stiffer ( |H Rtffl 5AHJJ

.Buck’s 'Fizz (NAmE mi-mosa) noun [U, C] an alcoholic drink made by mixing sparkling white wine (= with bubbles) with orange juice Bjfeifefl&M (

buck-shot /'bAkJnt; NAmE -Ja:t/ noun [U] balls of lead that are fired from a shotgun ( MJB#) ) f&W buck-skin /'bAkskin/ noun [U] soft leather made from the skin of deer or goats, used for making gloves, bags, etc.

.buck 'teeth noun [pi.] top teeth that stick forward $$ J ► .buck-'toothed adj.

buck-wheat /'bAkwiit/ noun [u] small dark grain that is grown as food for animals and for making flour bucky-balls /'bAkiborlz/ noun [pi.] (chemistry it) = buck-

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bu col ic /bjui'kDlik; NAmE -'kailik/ adj. (literary) con­nected with the countryside or country life  £

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