英语词汇“hunker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hunker

(hʌŋkəʳ )

Word forms: hunkers , hunkering , hunkered

Phrasal verbs:

hunker down

1. phrasal verb

If you hunker down, you bend your knees so that you are in a low position, balancing on your feet. [US]

Betty hunkered down on the floor. [VERB PARTICLE + on]

He ended up hunkering down beside her. [V P + beside]

2. phrasal verb

If you say that someone hunkers down, you mean that they are trying to avoid doing things that will make people notice them or put them in danger. [US]

Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down. [VERB PARTICLE]

单词	hunker
释义	hunker (hʌŋkəʳ ) Word forms: hunkers , hunkering , hunkered Phrasal verbs: hunker down 1. phrasal verb If you hunker down, you bend your knees so that you are in a low position, balancing on your feet. [US] Betty hunkered down on the floor. [VERB PARTICLE + on] He ended up hunkering down beside her. [V P + beside] 2. phrasal verb If you say that someone hunkers down, you mean that they are trying to avoid doing things that will make people notice them or put them in danger. [US] Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down. [VERB PARTICLE]
随便看	to beat about the bush to beat a retreat to beat, kick or knock the shit out of someone to beat one's breast to beat or knock the living daylights out of someone to beat someone at their own game to beat someone at their own game to beat someone black and blue to beat someone's brains out to beat the clock to beat the drum for someone or something to beat the shit out of someone to be at your wits' end to be barking up the wrong tree to be better than nothing to be born and bred to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to be breathing down someone's neck to be caught between a rock and a hard place to be caught dead to be caught short to be caught with one's pants down to be eaten alive to be exact (to) be fair