bunk
英 [b??k]
美 [b??k]
- n. 鋪位；床鋪；座床
- vi. 睡在鋪上；逃跑
- vt. 為…提供鋪位；逃課
助記提示
1. bench => bank => bunk => bunker.
2. 諧音“傍瞌、蚌殼” --- 傍著瞌睡的地方。
3. short for bunkum, phonetic spelling of Buncombe, a county in North Carolina.
4. 諧音“幫課”。
中文詞源
bunk 臥鋪，胡說(shuō)1.臥鋪，詞源同bench, 長(zhǎng)凳。
2.胡說(shuō)，美國(guó)地名Buncombe的縮寫。來(lái)自美國(guó)歷史上真實(shí)的歷史事件，在1820年一次州議會(huì)上，Buncombe郡議員Felix Walker滔滔不絕講了十幾個(gè)小時(shí)，其它議員不耐煩了，問(wèn)他什么時(shí)候講完，他回答說(shuō)，我講這么長(zhǎng)是想向我們郡百姓證明我是盡職盡責(zé)的。這一事件直接或間接導(dǎo)致了以后的會(huì)議限制發(fā)言時(shí)間。
英文詞源
- bunk (n.1)
- "sleeping berth," 1758, probably a shortened form of bunker (n.) in its sense "seat." Bunk-bed (n.) attested by 1869.
- bunk (n.2)
- "nonsense," 1900, short for bunkum, phonetic spelling of Buncombe, a county in North Carolina. The usual story (by 1841) of its origin is this: At the close of the protracted Missouri statehood debates, supposedly on Feb. 25, 1820, N.C. Representative Felix Walker (1753-1828) began what promised to be a "long, dull, irrelevant speech," and he resisted calls to cut it short by saying he was bound to say something that could appear in the newspapers in the home district and prove he was on the job. "I shall not be speaking to the House," he confessed, "but to Buncombe." Bunkum has been American English slang for "nonsense" since 1841 (from 1838 as generic for "a U.S. Representative's home district").
MR. WALKER, of North Carolina, rose then to address the Committee on the question [of Missouri statehood]; but the question was called for so clamorously and so perseveringly that Mr. W. could proceed no farther than to move that the committee rise. [Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 16th Congress, 1st Session, p. 1539]
- bunk (v.)
- "to sleep in a bunk," 1840, originally nautical, from bunk (n.1). Related: Bunked; bunking.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
- 這個(gè)鋪位的床墊很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且還有點(diǎn)潮。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't know where the captain means to bunk you.
- 我不知道船長(zhǎng)打算把你的床位安排在那里.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. That's a load of bunk.
- 那是滿口胡言.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. The twins sleep in a bunk bed.
- 這對(duì)孿生兄弟睡一張雙層單人床.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. As I swung down from out of my bunk, I got dizzy and misjudged the distance.
- 從鋪位一躍而下的時(shí)候，我感到一陣眩暈，沒(méi)掌握好高度。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句