bailing bucket

基本解釋

This bailing bucket is a watering device made of plaited bamboo strips. It is round on top and has a bamboo pole.
戽鬭是灌溉器具用竹篾編成箕形，頭上做成圓形有一竹竿連接成戽鬭。
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Irrepressible as he was, bubbling over with plans, he often used the image of a little bucket bailing out an ocean.
他談起計劃來，就會興高採烈，但也常形容自己是想要舀乾大海的小桶。
“It is like continually bailing water out from a sinking boat and then they take your bucket away, ” says Mark Freeman.
馬尅·弗裡曼說，“就好像你在行將沉沒的船上正連續(xù)往外舀水時，他們卻把你的桶拿走了一樣?！?/li>
權(quán)威例句
Imprisoning them was like trying to use a bailing bucket to drain the ocean: for each pirate captured by the authorities, there were dozens of desperate young men on shore ready to rush in and fill the void.
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