(especially NAmE) ➡ see also bucketADJECTIVE | VERB + PAIL | PAIL + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤empty, full空桶;滿桶▸➤five-gallon, ten-gallon五加侖/十加侖的桶▸➤metal, plastic金屬桶;塑料桶▸➤garbage (NAmE) 垃圾桶◇She threw all the scraps into a garbage pail.她把所有的碎片都扔入垃圾桶。➤diaper (NAmE) 尿布桶▸➤lunch (= for carrying your lunch) (NAmE) (攜帶午餐的)餐盒VERB + PAIL➤fill裝滿桶◇She filled the pail with fresh water.她往桶裏裝滿了清水。➤carry提桶▸➤fetch, lug (informal) 取桶;拖桶◇Women in some villages had to trudge miles to fetch one pail of water.一些村子的婦女不得不費勁地跋涉數英里去取一桶水。PAIL + VERB➤be full of sth, hold sth桶裏滿是⋯/裝有⋯▸➤overflow桶溢出PREPOSITION➤in a/the pail在桶裏▸➤pail of一桶⋯◇pails of soapy water幾桶肥皂水PHRASES➤a shovel and pail (NAmE) 一套鏟和桶◇The children played on the beach with their shovels and pails.孩子們拿着鏟子和小桶在海灘上玩。➤mop and pail(配套的)拖把和水桶◇a worker equipped with a mop and pail配有拖把和水桶的工人