bunk

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bunk1 /bʌŋk/ noun  1. [countable]TTTTTW a narrow bed that is attached to the wall, for example on a train or ship 〔火车或船上的〕卧铺，铺位2. (also bunk bed) [often plural]DHF one of two beds that are attached together, one on top of the other 双层床 →4  See picture of 见图 BED 1 →5 see picture at 见图 bed13. do a bunk LEAVE A PLACE British English informal to suddenly leave a place without telling anyone 溜走，悄悄离开4  [uncountable] informalUNTRUE nonsense 瞎说，废话 SYN bunkum What a load of bunk! 真是胡说八道！

Examples from the Corpus

bunk• We were ready to do a bunk.• By the way, the main cabin with the double bunk is Fen's.• During the night I wake to dash the two yards from bunk to bathroom.• The men lay on the bunks, all but one.bunk2 (also bunk down) verb [intransitive] informal  1 SLEEPto sleep somewhere, especially in someone else’s house 〔尤指在别人家里〕过夜 You can bunk down on the sofa for tonight. 今天晚上你可以睡在沙发上。2 bunk off (something) phrasal verb British English informal LEAVE A PLACEto stay away from somewhere such as school or to leave somewhere early without permission 逃学；旷工；早退 SYN skive John and I used to bunk off school. 约翰和我过去经常逃学。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

bunk• Participants, who bunked down in cabins or slept under the stars, paid $ 50 to attend the affair.• So I bunked in the toilet window and I couldn't believe it!• The truth was I really fancied going there but I didn't even have the money to bunk the tube.• I bunked with friends in Washington.• Shit, I sound like I was bunking with the guy.• But come nightfall, they find themselves bunking with two or three people from different cultures.Origin bunk1 1. (1700-1800) Probably from bunker2. (1800-1900) bunk off3. (1900-2000) bunkum

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bunk¹ /bʌŋk/ noun
1. [countable] a narrow bed that is attached to the wall, for example on a train or ship
2. (also bunk bed) [often plural] one of two beds that are attached together, one on top of the other
3. do a bunk British English informal to suddenly leave a place without telling anyone
4. [uncountable] informal nonsense
   SYN  bunkum:
    What a load of bunk!

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bunk² (also bunk down) verb [intransitive] informal
to sleep somewhere, especially in someone else’s house:
    You can bunk down on the sofa for tonight.
     
bunk off (something) phrasal verb British English informal
  to stay away from somewhere such as school or to leave somewhere early without permission
   SYN  skive:
    John and I used to bunk off school.