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n
1 large cask or barrel for storing wine or beer 大酒桶.
2 large barrel for collecting rainwater, eg from a roof （接雨水用的）大水桶（如接房顶滴下的雨水的）.

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n
1 thicker end of a tool or weapon （工具或武器）较粗的一端
*a rifle butt 步枪的枪托. =>illus at gun 见gun之插图.
2 short piece at the end of a cigar or cigarette that is left when it has been smoked; stub 烟头; 烟蒂
*an ashtray full of butts 盛满烟头的烟灰碟.
3 (infml 口 esp US) buttocks; bottom 屁股; 臀部
*Get off your butts and do some work! 别老坐着, 干点正经事!

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n
1 (a) [C] mound of earth behind the targets on a shooting-range 靶垛.
(b) the butts [pl] shooting-range 靶场.
2 [C] person or thing that is often mocked or teased 笑柄（常被嘲笑或戏弄的人或事物）
*be the butt of everyone's jokes 成为众人取笑的对象.

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v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] hit or push (sb/sth) with the head (like a goat) 以头撞或顶（某人[某物]）（如山羊般）
*butt sb in the stomach 撞某人的腹部.
2 [Tn.pr] hit (one's head) on sth （自己的头部）撞到某物上
*He butted his head against the shelf as he was getting up. 他起来时一头撞在搁架上了.
3 (phr v) butt in (on sb/sth) (infml 口) interrupt (sb/sth) or interfere (in sth) 干扰（某人[某事物]）; 干涉（某事物）
*Don't butt in like that when I'm speaking. 我讲话时别这样打断我的话.
* May I butt in on your conversation? 我可以插句话吗?