bucket
单词辨析：
通常用于装液体之物，一般由木头或金属制成。
Two pails of water are needed in order to make a meal.
做一顿饭需要两桶水。
How did you clean the milk pail?
你是怎么清理牛奶桶的？
指中间鼓起的大桶，多由木头或金属制成，通常用于储存啤酒、葡萄酒等，也常用作原油的计量单位。
mpty beer barrels
空啤酒桶
Our wine is aged in oak barrels.
我们的葡萄酒是用橡木酒桶放陈的。
Oil prices remained as low as $22 per barrel.
原油价格保持在每桶22美元的低价位。
可装各种东西，尤指液体之物。
He can lift two buckets of water at the same time.
他可以同时提起两桶水。
She stored the cracked wheat in a bucket.
她把碾碎的小麦储存在桶里。
相关例句：
We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door
我们用一个吊桶从门外的井中打水。
They obviously have buckets of confidence
很明显，他们信心十足。
The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
我们回去时，外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。
Just give him a bucket and spade and he's in seventh heaven!
只要给他一个桶子和一把铲子，他就高兴极了！
When we drew the bucket up from the well, we saw that the rope had worn away, and the bucket was left hanging by a very thin thread.
当我们把水桶从井里提上来，发现绳子几乎要磨断了，水桶仅由一根细线吊着。
He was carrying a bucket to fetch water.
他拎着桶去打水。