Buck

(noun.) mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope).

(noun.) United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973).

(verb.) jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; 'the yung filly bucked'.

(verb.) resist; 'buck the trend'.

(verb.) to strive with determination; 'John is bucking for a promotion'.

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• Had I not been armed in proof, the villain had marked me down seven times with as little remorse as if I had been a buck in season. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Philanthropic old buck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I heard the Major say to Mrs. Crawley yesterday, 'No, no, Becky, you shan't keep the old buck to yourself. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They consisted of a sort of saw-buck with a small mattress on it, and this furniture covered about half the donkey. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He is despotic, and unmerciful to insubordination; he would shoot a fellow down with as little remorse as he would shoot a buck, if he opposed him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The infantry under General Taylor was armed with flint-lock muskets, and paper cartridges charged with powder, buck-shot and ball. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There is many a goodly herd in these forests, and a buck will never be missed that goes to the use of Saint Dunstan's chaplain. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He trampled over all the young bucks of his father's circle, and was the hero among those third-rate men. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Search of events--one would think you were one of the bucks I knew at one-and-twenty. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He bucked her out along the shore Qf the lake and as soon as she was reasonable they went on back along the trail. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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