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バケツ

水や砂などを運ぶのに使う、持ち手のある容器。

やさしい英語で： A container with a handle, usually used to carry water, sand, or other materials.

• Bring me a bucket, please.
• She carried water from the well in a bucket.
• The children left their buckets on the beach.

類義語： pail

よく使う表現： plastic bucket, bucket and spade, empty bucket

バケツ一杯

バケツ一つに入る量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of something that fits inside one such container.

• We need a bucket of water.
• He poured two buckets of sand into the hole.
• The cow produced almost a bucket of milk.

使い方： a bucket of something (She poured a bucket of cold water over the steps.)

類義語： bucketful

よく使う表現： bucket of water, bucket of sand, full bucket

大量

非常に多い量の液体。

やさしい英語で： A very large amount of liquid.

• It rained buckets all afternoon.
• He was sweating buckets in the heat.
• She cried buckets when her dog died.

よく使う表現： rain buckets, sweat buckets, cry buckets

土砂降りになる

雨が非常に激しく降る。

やさしい英語で： To rain very heavily.

• It’s starting to bucket down.
• It bucketed down throughout our walk.
• Is it still bucketing down outside?

使い方： it buckets down (It was bucketing down when we left.)

類義語： pour

よく使う表現： bucket down, bucket with rain

バケツで運ぶ、バケツで汲む

バケツを使って水などをくんだり運んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To lift or move water or another substance using a container with a handle.

• They bucketed water from the well.
• We bucketed the floodwater out of the cellar.
• He spent the morning bucketing sand into the truck.

使い方： bucket something out of something (We bucketed water out of the boat.)

よく使う表現： bucket water, bucket something out