bailing bucket

基本解释

This bailing bucket is a watering device made of plaited bamboo strips. It is round on top and has a bamboo pole.
戽斗是灌溉器具用竹篾编成箕形，头上做成圆形有一竹竿连接成戽斗。
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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.
他谈起计划来，就会兴高采烈，但也常形容自己是想要舀干大海的小桶。
“It is like continually bailing water out from a sinking boat and then they take your bucket away, ” says Mark Freeman.
马克·弗里曼说，“就好像你在行将沉没的船上正连续往外舀水时，他们却把你的桶拿走了一样。”

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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