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buck

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buck1 /bʌk/ noun [countableC]
1  MONEYdollar 元 informal a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar 美元；加元；澳元
He owes me ten bucks.
他欠我十美元。
The movie is about a group of men trying to make a buck (=earn some money) as male strippers.
這部影片講的是一群男人想通過跳脫衣舞賺錢的故事。
big/mega bucks (=a lot of money) 許多錢
Using celebrities in advertising is guaranteed to pull in big bucks.
請名人做廣告保證能賺大錢。
make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 發橫財
2  the buck stops here  (also the buck stops with somebody)RESPONSIBLE used to say that a particular person is responsible for something 責任到此爲止；責任落在某人身上
The buck stops firmly with the boss.
責任不可推卸地落在老板肩上。
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the buck stops here• It was my decision to close the hospital; the buck stops with me.
3. pass the buck to make someone else responsible for something that you should deal with 推诿責任
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pass the buck• If in doubt, pass the buck.• Mr. Loyden Is not the Minister passing the buck?• Some patients and carers were also unhappy about what they saw as sub-optimal care or different services passing the buck.• When anything like this happened, every office-holder in the community made speeches passing the buck on to the police department.• Shouldn't we now be acknowledging blame rather than passing the buck?• We were in the happy position of being able to pass the buck.• It's easy to pass the buck and blame someone else for your failure.• I personally refuse to pass the buck.• It was his mistake but he tried to pass the buck to another manager.• You were in charge of that project, so don't try to pass the buck.• a bunch of politicians all trying to pass the buck• Diplomats say NATO is clearly at fault, and that officials there are trying to pass the buck.
4. feel/look like a million bucks especially American EnglishAmE informalBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING to feel or look very healthy, happy, and beautiful 感覺精神非常好/看上去很精神
5. MALE ANIMALanimal 動物HBA (plural buck or bucks) a male rabbit, deer, and some other male animals 公兔；雄鹿；雄性動物 → doe
6. FASHIONABLEman 男人 old-fashioned a young man 小夥子 → (get) a bigger/better etc bang for your buck at bang1(5)
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buck• Bet 10 bucks on some 20-year-olds.• For 100 bucks an ounce, you can stink like us.• Fallow deer, he says, are less pricey - a buck will fetch around £4-500, a doe about £80-90.• I had to sell it for what I could get, which was five bucks, and start hitchhiking home.• But a million bucks was a million bucks.• A couple of the older bucks are very dark with fine, wide antlers.• That means forgetting about the quick bucks to be made from selling nuclear technology.• Could I borrow ten bucks?• I'd moved my head far too quickly for it to look natural, and the buck shot off up the bank.
make a fast/quick buck• Others would prefer just to fuel the war - and make a quick buck at the same time.• Wouldn't you like to make a quick buck, Derek?• I think people go out to make a fast buck without worrying about the consequences.• Of course no bright young thing who wants to make a quick buck would consider going into the ministry.
buck2 verb
1. HORSEhorse 馬 [intransitiveI]JUMP if a horse bucks, it kicks its back feet into the air, or jumps with all four feet off the ground 弓背躍起，騰躍
2  move suddenly 突然移動 [intransitiveI]STOP MOVING to suddenly move up and down, or backwards and forwards, in an uncontrolled way 猛烈颠簸，劇烈震蕩
The plane bucked sharply.
飛機劇烈颠簸。
3  AGAINST/OPPOSEoppose 反對 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to oppose something in a direct way 反抗；抵抗
He was a rebel who bucked the system (=opposed rules or authority).
他是一個反抗體制的叛逆者。
Unemployment in the area has bucked the trend by falling over the last month.
這個地區的失業現象已經有所逆轉，最近一個月來失業率下降了。
buck against
Initially, he had bucked against her restraints.
最初他曾反抗過她的管束。
4  make SB happier 使某人更開心 [transitiveT] to make someone feel more happy, confident, or healthy 鼓舞，使振作
He was bucked by the success he’d had.
他因爲有了之前的成功而受到鼓舞。
She gave me a tonic which bucked me a little.
她給我喝了一杯奎甯水，這使我有了點精神。
5 buck for something phrasal verbphr v to try very hard to get something, especially a good position at work 努力爭取〔尤指好的職位〕
He’s bucking for promotion.
他在努力爭取升職。
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buck for • Rodman probably feels that that was the sort of job Grandfather bucked for all his life and finally made.• You are the Chairman of the company that made it and the buck for lacklustre design stops with you.• If the images in Myst bog down your screen, pony up the bucks for more memory or a faster video card.• A good pipe freeze could run a guy a few hundred bucks for new plumbing.• In fact it is everything a manager needs to know so if you are bucking for promotion you need this disk.• Made a few bucks for the Giants' ballpark fund. 3.• Meanwhile, the corporate-finance deals that had been generating big bucks for Wall Street's investment bankers were starting to dry up.
6 buck up phrasal verbphr v 
a) HAPPYto become happier, or to make someone happier （使）振作精神，（使）快活起來
Come on, buck up, things aren’t that bad!
好啦，打起精神，事情還沒那麽糟糕！
buck somebody ↔ up
You need something to buck you up.
你需要點刺激。
b) buck up!HURRY British EnglishBrE old-fashioned used to tell someone to hurry up 趕快！ 快點！
Buck up, John! We’ll be late.
快點，約翰！ 我們要遲到了。
c) informal to improve, or to make something improve （使）好轉
It’ll be a long time before the situation starts to buck up.
這種情形要過很久才會好轉。
buck something ↔ up
a company that is looking to buck up its networking capabilities
一家正在設法擴大其網絡容量的公司
d) buck your ideas upIMPROVE British EnglishBrE informal used to tell someone to improve their behaviour or attitude 〔用於告誡别人〕規矩起來，端正態度
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buck your ideas up• Meanwhile, both Severiano Ballesteros and Jose-Maria Olazabal had bucked their ideas up.
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buck• Attempts to buck that system would end in the courtrooms or, as likely, unemployment.• Some tech issues bucked the selling trend.• Natural rebels, backed up with the guts it takes to buck the system.• But water shares bucked the trend and, as usual, were a haven in times of trouble.• Dallas and Houston also bucked the trend.• Last year it took 32 % of the mobile phone market and is looking to buck the worldwide trend.• Governors rarely buck their chairman and directly reject his recommendations.
bucked ... trend• But Liverpool, to their credit, bucked the trend.• Dallas and Houston also bucked the trend.• Some tech issues bucked the selling trend.• But water shares bucked the trend and, as usual, were a haven in times of trouble.• Companies making products for the Internet bucked the trend and held up well in the fourth quarter.• Electricity shares bucked the trend and rallied, but water sprang a few leaks.• Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. bucked the trend, gaining 3 3 / 4 to 77 1 / 4.• The shares bucked the market trend, rising one penny to 491p.
buck3 adverbadv American EnglishAmE
1.buck naked not wearing any clothes 赤條條地，一絲不挂地
From Longman Business Dictionary
buckbuck1 /bʌk/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE informalFINANCE
a dollar
I owe 500 bucks but I haven’t paid yet.
I hope that you guys can make a buck (=earn some money) out of it.
There are big bucks (=a lot of money) to be made from sport.
We won’t sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck (=money that you can make quickly and easily).
buckbuck2 verb
1buck the system to do something that goes against the rules or against the normal way of doing something
Those who try to buck the system tend to miss out on promotion.
2COMMERCE buck the trend to do well in business when other companies are doing badly
Britain will buck the global recessionary trend next year with growth of around 1.1pc.
Origin buck1
1. (1800-1900) Perhaps from buckskin; because it was used as a unit of exchange in trade with Native Americans.
2. (1900-2000) buck “object used in the card game of poker to mark the next person to play” ((19-20 centuries)), from buckhorn knife “knife with a handle made from a buck's horn” ((19-20 centuries)).
3. Old English bucca “male deer or goat”
buck1 nounbuck2 verbbuck3 adverbadv
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