a large container or compartment for storing fuel 煤仓(箱),燃料仓(箱) a coal bunker. 煤仓。
a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime 掩体,地堡
a hollow filled with sand, used as an obstacle on a golf course (高尔夫球场的)障碍沙坑,障碍物
verb [with obj.]
fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel 装燃料,补给燃料
(be bunkered)(Golf)(of a player) have one's ball lodged in a bunker (高尔夫)(运动员)把球打入障碍区 he was bunkered at the fifth hole. 他打五号洞时陷入困境。 ■[with obj.]hit (the ball) into a bunker 击球进障碍区 he bunkered his second shot. 他第二杆将球打入了障碍区。 ■(be bunkered)(of a golf course) have bunkers 有障碍沙坑 ■(一般作 be bunkered)(Brit. informal)bring into difficulties; prevent the progress of (英,非正式)使遇到困难,使陷入困境 the act was bunkered by all the showbiz flannel. 这一举措因演艺界的虚伪吹捧而陷入困境。
语源
mid 16th cent. (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk