buck

buck¹
noun

the male of some horned animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes
雄性有角动物（尤指雄性扁角鹿、狍、驯鹿和羚羊）。比较 doe
■a male hare, rabbit, ferret, rat, or kangaroo
公兔，公白鼬，公鼠，公袋鼠
■(S. African)an antelope of either sex
(南非)（雌或雄的）羚羊。比较 bushbuck, reedbuck, waterbuck
another term for vaulting horse
同 vaulting horse
a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind
（马突然做出的）弯背跃起
(archaic)a fashionable and typically hellraising young man
(古)纨绔子弟

verb

[no obj.](of a horse) to perform a buck
（马）突然弯背跃起
he's got to get his head down to buck.
他不得不低下头，弓背跃起。
[with obj.]she bucked them off if they tried to get on her back.
假如他们试图跨到她背上，她就把他们掀下去。
■(of a vehicle) make sudden jerky movements
（运输工具）突然颠簸
[with obj.]oppose or resist (something which seems oppressive or inevitable)
反抗，抵制（似乎难以忍受或不可避免的事物）
the shares bucked the market trend.
股票价格与大盘走势相反。
[with obj.](informal)make (someone) more cheerful
(非正式)使振奋（或振作）
Bella and Jim need me to buck them up.
贝拉和杰姆要我去让他们振奋起来。
[no obj.]buck up, kid, it's not the end of the game.
振作起来！孩子，游戏还没结束呢。

adjective

(US military slang)lowest of a particular rank
(美，军俚)（某一军衔等级中）级别最低的
a buck private.
三等兵。

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buck up one's ideas

语源

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

buck²
noun

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big bucks

a fast (或 quick) buck

easily and quickly earned money
易得之财
they are itinerant traders out to make a fast buck.
他们是流动商人，一心想赚快钱。

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buck³
noun

an article placed as a reminder in front of a player whose turn it is to deal at poker
培克（扑克牌戏中的一种用来提醒轮到某人发牌的标志）

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the buck stops here (或 with someone)

(informal)the responsibility for something cannot or should not be passed to someone else
(非正式)责任止于此

pass the buck

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