buck

noun

/bʌk/

Idioms

[countable] (informal) a US, Australian or New Zealand dollar; a South African rand; an Indian rupee（一）美元；（一）澳元；（一）新西兰元；（一）南非兰特；（一）印度卢比
- They cost ten bucks.这些值十元钱。
- We're talking big bucks (= a lot of money) here.我们这当儿谈的可是大买卖。
Topics Moneyc1
[countable] a male deer, hare or rabbit (also called a buck rabbit)雄鹿；公兔 compare doe, hart, stagTopics Animalsc2
[countable]
(plural buck)
(South African English) a deer, whether male or female鹿（不论雌雄）
- a herd of buck一群鹿
[countable] (old use, informal) a young man小伙子
the buck
[singular] used in some expressions to refer to the responsibility or blame for something（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 somebody else responsible).我很想把责任推给别人。
词源From buck, an object which in a poker game is placed in front of the player whose turn it is to deal.

词源noun senses 2 to 3 Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin. noun sense 1 mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

Idioms

bang for your buck

(especially North American English, informal) 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 something钱花得合算；所作的努力值得

look/feel like a million dollars/bucks

(informal) to look/feel extremely good看上去／感觉好极了
- Wow, you look like a million dollars.哇，你看起来像一百万美元。

make a fast/quick buck

(informal, often disapproving) to earn money quickly and easily轻易地赚钱
- This is a long-term project. We are not out to make a quick buck.这是一个长期的项目。我们不是来赚快钱的。

buck

verb

/bʌk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they buck	/bʌk/ /bʌk/
he / she / it bucks	/bʌks/ /bʌks/
past simple bucked	/bʌkt/ /bʌkt/
past participle bucked	/bʌkt/ /bʌkt/
-ing form bucking	/ˈbʌkɪŋ/ /ˈbʌkɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive] (of a horse马) to jump with the two back feet or all four feet off the ground尥起后蹄跳跃；弓背四蹄跳起
- The horse bucked wildly.那匹马狂跳着。
[intransitive] to move up and down suddenly or in a way that lacks control猛然震荡；猛烈颠簸
- The boat bucked and heaved beneath them.小船在他们脚下猛烈颠簸着。
- The shotgun bucked in his hands.猎枪在他手中砰地一声落下。
[transitive] buck something (informal) to resist or oppose something抵制；反抗
- 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。
- 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。
- The President is unlikely to buck pressure from the public.总统不大可能顶住来自公众的压力。

词源verb Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin.

Idioms

buck your ideas up

(British English, informal) to start behaving in a more acceptable way, so that work gets done better, etc.振作起来