bucket
/ˈbʌkɪt/noun
उच्चारण बकिट
बाल्टी
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an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand
बाल्टी
- a bucket of water
- She filled the bucket at the hand pump and carried it across the field to the cow.
- She carried a bucket of water from the tap.
+ 2 more examples
- The children built sandcastles with a small plastic bucket.
- A bucket stood under the leaking roof during the monsoon.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a bucket of + water / sand
Use a bucket of before the contents. The same pattern shows a bucketful, as in two bucketfuls of water.
सामग्री से पहले 'a bucket of' आता है; इसी तरह 'bucketful' भी, जैसे two bucketfuls of water।
- She poured a bucket of water over the plants.
- He carried two buckets of sand.
in a bucket / in buckets
In buckets means a very large amount, especially of rain or tears. It takes a plural noun and the verb is rain or cry.
'In buckets' का अर्थ बहुत अधिक मात्रा है, विशेषतः बारिश या आँसुओं की; इसके साथ क्रिया rain या cry आती है।
- It rained buckets during the match.
- She cried buckets at the farewell.
bucket (verb)
Bucket down means to rain very heavily and is informal British English.
'Bucket down' का अर्थ बहुत तेज़ बारिश होना है और यह अनौपचारिक British English है।
- It was bucketing down when we left the station.
bucket list / bucket seat
A bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you die; a bucket seat is a curved seat in a car.
Bucket list उन कार्यों की सूची है जो मृत्यु से पहले करने हैं; bucket seat कार की मुड़ी हुई सीट है।
- Visiting Kashmir is on my bucket list.
- The sports car has bucket seats.
+Collocations 4
adjective + bucket
plasticsteelleakingemptyfull
- A leaking bucket stood under the tap.
verb + bucket
fillcarryemptykickfetch
- Radhika filled a bucket from the hand pump.
bucket + noun
listseathatbrigadeshop
- Her bucket list includes a trip to Ladakh.
bucket + of
of waterof milkof paintof sandof tears
- They passed a bucket of sand along the line.
“More examples 5
- Women queued with buckets at the village tap in the morning.
सुबह महिलाएँ बाल्टियाँ लेकर गाँव के नल पर कतार में खड़ी थीं।
- The fireman threw a bucket of water on the flames.
दमकलकर्मी ने आग पर एक बाल्टी पानी फेंका।
- It rained buckets, and the match was abandoned.
मूसलाधार बारिश हुई और मैच रद्द कर दिया गया।
- The old man finally kicked the bucket at ninety.
वृद्ध ने नब्बे वर्ष की उम्र में दम तोड़ दिया।
- Their cost of living is a drop in the bucket compared with the capital.
राजधानी की तुलना में उनका जीवन-व्यय नगण्य है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ She poured a bucket water on the floor.
✓ She poured a bucket of water on the floor.
Of is needed between bucket and the contents.
Bucket और उसकी सामग्री के बीच 'of' आवश्यक है।
✗ It rains buckets since morning.
✓ It has been raining buckets since morning.
Since needs a perfect tense, so use has been raining.
'Since' के साथ perfect tense चाहिए, इसलिए 'has been raining' लिखिए।
✗ He has kicked a bucket.
✓ He has kicked the bucket.
The idiom uses the definite article.
मुहावरे में definite article 'the' आता है।
¶Idioms 3
kick the bucket
to die
मर जाना, चल बसना
- The old miser kicked the bucket without leaving a will.
- In the story, the villain finally kicks the bucket.
in buckets / rain buckets
in large amounts; (of rain) to fall very heavily (informal)
बहुत भारी मात्रा में; (बारिश का) मूसलाधार बरसना (अनौपचारिक)
- It rained buckets all night.
- The money was coming in buckets.
a drop in the bucket / a drop in a bucket
an amount of something that is too small to make any real difference to what is needed
ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा
- The relief money was a drop in the bucket compared with the damage caused by the floods.
- Ten new teachers are a drop in the bucket when the state needs thousands.
AaSpelling
buck·et
?Which word?
Keep the container words: bucket, pail (old-fashioned, a bucket), jug, pitcher (a large jug), mug, tub.
पात्र के शब्द याद रखिए: bucket, pail (पुराना, बाल्टी), jug, pitcher (बड़ा जग, घड़ा), mug, tub।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Kick the bucket (informal, die), a drop in the ocean or in the bucket (a very small amount compared with what is needed), rain buckets or come down in buckets (rain very heavily), bucket list (a list of things you want to do before you die).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: kick the bucket (अनौपचारिक, मर जाना), a drop in the ocean या in the bucket (ज़रूरत की तुलना में बहुत थोड़ा, ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा), rain buckets या come down in buckets (बहुत तेज़ बारिश होना), bucket list (मरने से पहले करने वाली चीज़ों की सूची)।