释义 |
bunch /bunch or bunsh/ noun- A number of things aggregated or fastened together
- A definite quantity fastened together, as of linen yarn (180000 yards), etc
- A cluster
- A handful, eg of flowers
- A group (informal)
- Something in the form of a tuft or knot
- (in pl) a hairstyle in which the hair is pulled to both sides at the back of the head, and each tuft secured with a band or ribbon
- A lump, hump, swelling (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To swell out in a bunch
- To cluster, form a tight group
transitive verb- To make a bunch of
- To concentrate
ORIGIN: Origin unknown bunched adjective - Gathered into a bunch
- Humped, protuberant
- Lumpy
bunchˈiness noun bunchˈing noun - The act of drawing together into a bunch
- Too close grouping together of cars on a motorway, etc (esp after a long gap), of ships arriving in port, etc
bunchˈy adjective - Growing in bunches or like a bunch
- Bulging
bunchˈ-backed adjective (Shakespeare) Hump-backed bunch grass noun Any of several clumped W American grasses bunch of fives see under five |