buck

英 [bʌk]

美 [bʌk]

n.  (一)美元; (一)澳元; (一)新西兰元; (一)南非兰特; (一)印度卢比; 雄鹿; 公兔; 鹿(不论雌雄)
v.  尥起后蹄跳跃; 弓背四蹄跳起; 猛然震荡; 猛烈颠簸; 抵制; 反抗

复数：bucks　现在分词：bucking　过去式：bucked　过去分词：bucked　第三人称单数：bucks　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7627 / COCA.2493

短语动词

短语用例

buck up

• 振作
  to become more cheerful
  1. They cost ten bucks.
     这些值十元钱。
  2. We're talking big bucks (= a lot of money) here.
     我们这当儿谈的可是大买卖。
• 快点；赶快
  used to tell sb to hurry

buck sb up

• 使某人振作
  to make sb more cheerful

习惯用语

n.

make a fast/quick buck
• 轻易地赚钱
  to earn money quickly and easily
bang for your buck
• 钱花得合算；所作的努力值得
  if you get more, better, etc. bang for your buck , you get better value for the money you spend or the effort you put in to sth
look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
• 看上去 / 感觉好极了
  to look/feel extremely good

v.

buck your ideas up
• 振作起来
  to start behaving in a more acceptable way, so that work gets done better, etc.

牛津词典

noun

• （一）美元；（一）澳元；（一）新西兰元；（一）南非兰特；（一）印度卢比
  a US, Australian or New Zealand dollar; a South African rand ; an Indian rupee
  1. They cost ten bucks.
     这些值十元钱。
  2. We're talking big bucks (= a lot of money) here.
     我们这当儿谈的可是大买卖。
• 雄鹿；公兔
  a male deer , hare or rabbit (also called a buck rabbit )
• 鹿（不论雌雄）
  a deer , whether male or female
  1. a herd of buck
     一群鹿
• 小伙子
  a young man
• （用于某些表达方式）责任，过失
  used in some expressions to refer to the responsibility or blame for sth
  1. 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。
  2. I was tempted to pass the buck (= make sb else responsible) .
     我很想把责任推给别人。

verb

• 尥起后蹄跳跃；弓背四蹄跳起
  to jump with the two back feet or all four feet off the ground
• 猛然震荡；猛烈颠簸
  to move up and down suddenly or in a way that is not controlled
  1. The boat bucked and heaved beneath them.
     小船在他们脚下猛烈颠簸着。
• 抵制；反抗
  to resist or oppose sth
  1. One or two companies have managed to buck the trend of the recession.
     有一两家公司顶住了经济滑坡的势头。
  2. 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性。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 美元；澳元
  Abuckis a US or Australian dollar.
  1. That would probably cost you about fifty bucks...
     那大概要花掉你50美元左右。
  2. Why can't you spend a few bucks on a coat?...
     你为什么不能花点儿钱买件外套呢？
  3. This means big bucks for someone.
     对某些人来说这是一大笔钱。
• （雄鹿、公羚羊、公兔、雄袋鼠等）雄性动物
  Abuckis the male of various animals, including the deer, antelope, rabbit and kangaroo.
• N-COUNT （美洲印第安裔或非洲裔）小伙子
  Abuckis a young Native American or African American man.
  1. He'd been a real hell-raiser as a young buck.
     他年轻时是个十足的捣蛋鬼。
• 龅牙的
  If someone hasbuckteeth, their upper front teeth stick forward out of their mouth.
• VERB （马）猛地弓背跃起，尥起后蹄跳跃
  If a horsebucks, it kicks both of its back legs wildly into the air, or jumps into the air wildly with all four feet off the ground.
  1. The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in.
     牡马四蹄腾空跳起，想挣脱紧紧缚住它的缰绳。
  2. ...cowboys riding bucking broncos.
     骑在弓背腾跃的野马上的牛仔
• VERB 抵抗；抵制；反抗
  If youbuckthe trend, you obtain different results from others in the same area. If youbuckthe system, you get what you want by breaking or ignoring the rules.
  1. While other newspapers are losing circulation, we are bucking the trend...
     当其他报纸的发行量越来越少时，我们却逆势而进。
  2. He wants to be the tough rebel who bucks the system...
     他想成为这种体制的坚定反抗者。
  3. The company believes it is bucking the recession and says orders continue to be satisfactory.
     公司认为他们正在摆脱经济萧条的影响，声称订单仍然让人满意。
• PHRASE 优厚的回报
  If you get morebang for the buck, you spend your money wisely and get more for your money than if you were to spend it in a different way.
  1. I think it's very important for those governments to do whatever they can to get a bigger bang for the buck.
     我认为，重要的是那些政府要采取一切措施来获取更大的资金回报。
• PHRASE 轻易赚来的钱；（常指）不义之财
  When someone makesa fast buckor makesa quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest.
  1. His life isn't ruled by looking for a fast buck...
     他的生活没有被一味想发大财的心态左右。
  2. They were just in it to make a quick buck.
     他们做这事就是为了迅速赚大钱。
• PHRASE 赚钱；挣钱
  If you are trying tomake a buck, you are trying to earn some money.
  1. The owners don't want to overlook any opportunity to make a buck.
     老板们不想错过任何可以赚钱的机会。
• 一丝不挂
  Someone who isbuck nakedis not wearing any clothes at all.
• PHRASE 推卸责任
  If youpass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
  1. David says the responsibility is Mr Smith's and it's no good trying to pass the buck.
     戴维说责任在史密斯先生，企图推脱责任是没有用的。
• PHRASE 责任止于此/应由…承担责任
  If you say 'The buck stops here' or 'The buck stops withme', you mean that you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else.
  1. The buck stops with him. He is ultimately responsible for every aspect of the broadcast.
     责任在于他。他是该广播节目各方面的总负责人。

英英释义

noun

• mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
• a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
  Synonym:sawhorsehorsesawbuck
• a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated
  Synonym:vaulting horselong horse
• a piece of paper money worth one dollar
  Synonym:dollardollar billone dollar billclam

verb

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
  1. the yung filly bucked
  Synonym:jerkhitch
• move quickly and violently
  1. The car tore down the street
  2. He came charging into my office
  Synonym:tearshootshoot downcharge
• resist
  1. buck the trend
  Synonym:go against
• to strive with determination
  1. John is bucking for a promotion

双语例句

• I think it's very important for those governments to do whatever they can to get a bigger bang for the buck.
  我认为，重要的是那些政府要采取一切措施来获取更大的资金回报。
• Buck never allowed himself to be bullied into doing anything that went against his principles
  巴克从来不会因为受到威胁而做违背自己原则的事情。
• He is a buck private.
  他是一名列兵。
• The times changed, buck was still buck.
  虽然时代变了，巴克依然是巴克。
• He'd been a real hell-raiser as a young buck.
  他年轻时是个十足的捣蛋鬼。
• Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in
  任何人对他说的任何劝他振作起来的话都不会起作用。
• People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble
  人们说，如果我们再不积极行动起来，我们就会有麻烦。
• His life isn't ruled by looking for a fast buck
  他的生活没有被一味想发大财的心态左右。
• While other newspapers are losing circulation, we are bucking the trend
  当其他报纸的发行量越来越少时，我们却逆势而进。
• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.
  这男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。