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buck

/buhk/US // bʌk //UK // (bʌk) //

龅牙,降压,降压药,牡蛎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
    • : the male of certain other animals, as the shad.
    • : an impetuous, dashing, or spirited man or youth.
    • : Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to an American Indian male or an African American male.
    • : buckskin.
    • : bucks, casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often in white or a neutral color.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Military. of the lowest of several ranks involving the same principal designation, hence subject to promotion within the rank: buck private; buck sergeant.

Phrases

  • buck for
  • buckle down
  • buckle under
  • buckle up
  • buck stops here, the
  • buck up
  • big bucks
  • fast buck
  • more bang for the buck
  • pass the buck

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Sure, some topflight models can set you back thousands if you go for as many premium features as possible, but you can definitely get a decent cheap adjustable desk for no more than a couple hundred bucks.

  • This cheap ergonomic keyboard packs a major bang for its buck.

  • Mercenary CEOs know all too well that this is about the most bang you can get for your buck.

  • In particular, a recurrent “cold blob” has been observed in the ocean to the south of Greenland — a large region that is bucking the overall global warming trend and instead showing a marked cooling pattern.

  • That means whatever they’re doing—streaming a Netflix movie in ultrahigh definition, updating their operating system, watching endless hours of TikTok—they’re doing on your buck.

  • Congress is attempting to pass the buck on federal funding for education.

  • President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”

  • Jamming Netanyahu at the UN will buck him up among the right.

  • Some things have changed a lot since 1984 when the errant Father Buck wrote to his young love interest.

  • So often enough, those urchins are buck-naked and streaming wet.

  • G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

  • We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.

  • The buck had been passed, let the boys sitting on their backsides down on Earth handle it.

  • It was a huge buck, with wide-spreading antlers, rising out of the bushes where it stood.

  • The bread is made of wheat meal, but in some cottages consisted of thin cakes without leven, and made of buck-wheat.