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hunker

/huhng-ker/US // ˈhʌŋ kər //UK // (ˈhʌŋkə) //

大块头,大块朵颐,大块面,大块头的人

Related Words

huddle挤在一起,蜷缩,团结一致,蜷缩成一团squat蹲下,下蹲,蹲踞,蹲着hunch直觉,预感,预测,驼背cower畏缩,畏缩不前,畏畏缩缩,蜷缩wince缩手缩脚,畏缩,蜷缩,畏惧grovel卑躬屈膝,吐槽,跪拜,跪求bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身stoop弯腰,弯腰驼背,弯腰鞠躬,弯弯bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯duck鸭子,鸭蛋,鸭肉,烤鸭quail鹌鹑,鹌鹑的,畏缩,鹌鹁dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取kneel跪下,跪下来,跪拜,跪hunker down蛰伏,沉着冷静,潜伏,潜伏下来quat夸特,夸,夸奖,夸父scrooch down下降

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to crouch or squat on one's heels: He hunkered to be at eye level with his dog.I can’t hunker with this bad knee.
    • : to hunch: The driver hunkered over the steering wheel.to hide, hide out, or take shelter, often for just a few hours or less, as from a pursuer or a storm: The escaped convicts hunkered in a cave in the mountains.to settle in to the safety of one’s home or other designated shelter for a potentially prolonged time, as would be necessitated by a natural disaster or an outbreak of a contagious disease: Many local residents hunkered in the basement of the fire station.
    • : Slang. to lumber along; walk or move slowly or aimlessly: A small black bear was seen hunkering through the neighborhood.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : hunkers, one's haunches.
  1. 1
    • : hunker down. See entry at hunker down.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcrouch
Synonyms
bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身cower畏缩,畏缩不前,畏畏缩缩,蜷缩dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取duck鸭子,鸭蛋,鸭肉,烤鸭grovel卑躬屈膝,吐槽,跪拜,跪求huddle挤在一起,蜷缩,团结一致,蜷缩成一团hunch直觉,预感,预测,驼背kneel跪下,跪下来,跪拜,跪quail鹌鹑,鹌鹑的,畏缩,鹌鹁squat蹲下,下蹲,蹲踞,蹲着stoop弯腰,弯腰驼背,弯腰鞠躬,弯弯wince缩手缩脚,畏缩,蜷缩,畏惧bend down俯伏,俯伏于地,俯伏在地上,俯伏在地上的hunker down蛰伏,沉着冷静,潜伏,潜伏下来quat夸特,夸,夸奖,夸父scrooch down下降

Examples

  • When I finally hunker down in a pub on the harbor, Google raises as many questions as it answers.

  • When life gets traumatic do you prefer to hunker down and grieve in private, or open up to others?

  • “The news is slanting in different directions,” Tom complains as he and Vickie hunker down in a bar.

  • Administrations almost always hunker down in these situations and hope they pass.

  • But I had to hunker down and do my job, live shot after live shot.

  • It had been the settled understanding that one Hunker and one radical should be taken for the State delegates.

  • The difficulty was at length solved by our passing our favorite men and assenting to elect Mr. Seymour and another Hunker.

  • "Might as well hunker down right here on the ground," Jed said.

  • One of the newcomers was from Hunker Creek, and he brought news of the doctor and the captain.

  • Thus, "honker" or "hunker" meant one who "stayed put," and was opposed to progress.

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