hunker
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hun·ker /ˈhʌŋkə $ -ər/ verb 1 hunker down phrasal verb American English a) SITto bend your knees so that you are sitting on your heels very close to the ground 蹲坐，蹲 SYN squatb) WORK HARDto make yourself comfortable in a safe place, especially for a long time 准备长期留在某安全之处c) informal to prepare yourself for a difficult situation 准备应付〔艰难的情况〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hunker• A third student has plopped his books by the door and is hunkering down against the wall.• He liked to hunker down and talk.• The 20-minute ride to the dinner table is chilly; you hunker down, gripping a thick blanket and your companion.• People are hunkering down in camps.• The view is worth every tortured moment of discomfort it takes to hunker down, scrunch up, and peer out.• School had trained them to hunker down, to disengage.• This year, Hollywood mostly prostrated itself, hunkering down until the wind from the right blows over.Origin hunker (1700-1800) Perhaps from a Scandinavian languagehun·ker verbChineseSyllable
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hunker
hun‧ker /ˈhʌŋkə $ -ər/
verb
hunker down phrasal verb American English
1. to bend your knees so that you are sitting on your heels very close to the ground
SYN squat
2. to make yourself comfortable in a safe place, especially for a long time
3. informal to prepare yourself for a difficult situation
hun‧ker /ˈhʌŋkə $ -ər/
verb Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language
Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language
hunker down phrasal verb American English
1. to bend your knees so that you are sitting on your heels very close to the ground
SYN squat
2. to make yourself comfortable in a safe place, especially for a long time
3. informal to prepare yourself for a difficult situation
especially