单词 | bunkhouse |
释义 | > as lemmasbunk-house bunk-house n. a house where workmen, etc., are lodged. Π 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 332 Bunk-house. 1901 S. E. White Claim Jumpers xxii. 274 The old ‘bunk house’ now accomodated a good-sized gang of miners. 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy iii. 58 The Boss went in the bunkhouse, and soon returned. 1928 E. W. Bradwin (title) The bunkhouse man; a study of work and pay in the camps of Canada 1903–1914. 1952 H. Innes Campbell's Kingdom i. iii. 50 This is bunkhouse for men working on road. bunkhouse bunkhouse n. originally North American a building separate from the main property, providing extra sleeping accommodation for guests; (also) a cabin, hostel, etc., providing (basic) sleeping accommodation for backpackers, hikers, etc. Π 1923 New York Times 1 June 1/4 The guest capacity of the hotel is sixty-four people. A bunkhouse has also been built..to take care of unexpected overflows. 1954 Canad. Statesman (Bowmanville, Ont.) 12 Aug. 13 The boys sleep in double-decker bunks in a bunkhouse of their own, and the girls sleep in the farmhouse itself. 1981 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. 12/5 Two redundant stone-built barns..have been converted into self-catering bunkhouses for walkers. 1999 S. W. Albert Chile Death (e-book ed.) His oldest daughter..is moving back home with the baby. And his youngest son has dropped out of college and is living in the bunk-house. 2013 Independent on Sunday 18 Aug. 66/2 Unless you're in the market for a backpackers' bunkhouse, Bondi has always had a dearth of more stylish places to stay. < as lemmas |
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