- [countable] (informal)
a US, Australian or New Zealand dollar; a South African rand; an Indian rupee （一）美元；（一）澳元；（一）新西兰元；（一）南非兰特；（一）印度卢比 - [countable]
a male deer, hare or rabbit (also called a buck rabbit) 雄鹿；公兔 - [countable] (plural buck)(South African English)
a deer, whether male or female 鹿（不论雌雄） a herd of buck 一群鹿
- [countable] (old use, informal)
a young man 小伙子 - the buck[singular]
used in some expressions to refer to the responsibility or blame for something （用于某些表达方式）责任，过失 It was my decision. The buck stops here (= nobody else can be blamed). 那是我的决定，不要追究别人了。 I was tempted to pass the buck (= make somebody else responsible). 我很想把责任推给别人。
Word OriginFrom buck, an object which in a poker game is placed in front of the player whose turn it is to deal.
Word Originnoun senses 2 to 3 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. noun sense 1 mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
bang for your buck
- (especially North American English, informal)
if you get more, better, etc. bang for your buck, you get better value for the money you spend or the effort you put in to something 钱花得合算；所作的努力值得
look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
- (informal)
to look/feel extremely good 看上去／感觉好极了 Wow, you look like a million dollars. 哇，你看起来像一百万美元。
make a fast/quick buck
- (informal, often disapproving)
to earn money quickly and easily 轻易地赚钱 This is a long-term project. We are not out to make a quick buck. 这是一个长期的项目。我们不是来赚快钱的。