| 释义 |
bun·ker
I. \ˈbəŋkə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of earlier Scots bonker, perhaps alteration of English banker covering for a bench — more at banker
1.
a. Scotland : a chest or box often used as a window seat
b. : a large bin or other storage place: as
(1) : a large compartment on shipboard for storing the ship's coal or oil
(2) : metal containers in a refrigerator railroad car for ice or other refrigerants
(3) : a coal bin in a locomotive terminal; also : a coal receptacle at the rear of a tank engine
c. : a fortification chamber mostly below ground level built of reinforced concrete or similar material and usually provided with embrasures; also : a dugout that is reinforced (as with logs or bags of sand) and usually has firing slits
2.
a. chiefly Scotland : a small sand hole or pit
b. : a sand trap or embankment with soil exposed constituting a hazard on a golf course
c. : obstacle, difficulty
II. verb
(bunkered ; bunkered ; bunkering \-k(ə)riŋ\ ; bunkers)
intransitive verb
: to fill a ship's bunker with coal or oil
transitive verb
1. : to put (as oil or coal) into a bunker
< the flattop … will bunker oil to refuel its protective screen of ships — Newsweek >
2.
a. : to hit (a golf ball) into a bunker
b. : to stop the advance or progress of; also : to entangle in difficulties
3. : to provide or protect with bunkers
< a well-bunkered golf course >
< the bunkered Japanese position — Infantry Journal >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening
: mossbunker |