a narrow shelf-like bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other 架子床(尤指多层床之一层)
verb
[no obj.](chiefly N. Amer.)sleep in a narrow berth or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters (主 北美)合住;合铺 they bunk together in the dormitory. 他们合住在宿舍。
语源
mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps related to bunker
bunk2 (Brit. informal)(英,非正式) verb
[no obj.]abscond or play truant from school or work 潜逃;逃课;逃避工作 he bunked off school. 他逃课了。 ■[with obj.]illicitly avoid paying (a fee or debtor) 避债;逃避付费 he nearly got caught bunking his fare. 他逃票差点被抓。
noun
a hurried and furtive departure; an escape 秘密离开;匆忙潜逃 there was no sign of him — he'd done a bunk. 找不到他的踪迹—他逃了。
常用词组 do a bunk
(informal)make a hurried or furtive departure or escape
语源
mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin
bunk3 noun
[mass noun](informal)nonsense (非正式)废话,胡说 anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk. 有点头脑的人都不会相信这些胡说八道。