plural bucks
plural bucks
Learner's definition of BUCK
[count]
1 informal
b : money -
That car costs big bucks. [=a lot of money]那辆轿车价格不菲。
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I am just working hard, trying to make a buck. [=to make money]我只是在勤奋工作,努力挣钱。
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a fast/quick buck [=money earned or gotten quickly]来得很快的钱
2
: a male animal (such as a male deer)雄性动物(如雄鹿) — compare doe
bang for the/your buck
— see 2bang
look/feel like a million bucks
— see million
pass the buck
: to avoid a responsibility by giving it to someone else推卸责任
the buck stops here
◊ Expressions like the buck stops here are used to say that you accept a responsibility and will not try to give it to someone else.责任止于此;别把责任往别处推
2 buck /ˈbʌk/ verb
bucks; bucked; bucking
bucks; bucked; bucking
Learner's definition of BUCK
1
[no object] of a horse : to jump violently into the air with the back bent upward(马)猛然弓背跃起 —
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻 2
[+ object] : to oppose or resist (something or someone)反对;抵制 -
He is reluctant to buck [=go against, defy] the leaders of his own political party.他不愿意反对自己所属政党的领袖。
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The local decline in crime bucked a nationwide trend. [=crime declined locally but is increasing nationally]犯罪率在当地降低了,但在全国范围内却上升了。
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He was always trying to buck the system. [=to oppose the rules of the system; to do things that were not allowed]他总是试图和制度作对。
buck for
[phrasal verb] buck for (something) US, informal
: to try very hard or work very hard to get (something)拼命争取,努力工作以获得(某物)
buck up
[phrasal verb] informal 1
: to become happier or more confident振作 2
buck (someone) up or buck up (someone) : to cause (someone) to be happier or more confident : to cheer up (someone)使振作