bunk
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk.
- 2.
(nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- 3.
(military) A cot.
- 4.
(informal)A bed in a prison, worksite or similar location.
- 5.
(US)A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
- 6.
(US, dialectal)(US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- 7.
(Singapore, broadly)(Singapore, military, by extension) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
Don’t leave your bunk unlocked.
- 8.
(dated, slang, uncountable)Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
What she said about me was total bunk. Don't believe a word.
Đồng nghĩa: hokum
- 9.
(obsolete, uncountable)In early use often in the form the bunk.
- 10.
(slang, uncountable)A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
- 11.
(slang)A hasty departure.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To occupy a bunk.
Due to bed shortages, Jeff and Paul had to bunk together.
- 2.
To provide a bunk.
- 3.
(British, India, slang)To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually 'to bunk off').
The naughty boys decided to bunk school and visit the comic shop.
- 4.
(UK, dated, slang)To expel from a school.
- 5.
(slang)To depart; scram.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, slang)Defective, broken, not functioning properly.
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Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish bunker (seat, bench), the origin of which is but possibly Scandinavian ; compare bunke (boards used to protect the cargo of a ship). Possibly related to bunch.