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bunker

noun
🔊/ˈbʌŋkə(r)/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkər/
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  1. a strongly built shelter for soldiers or guns, usually underground地堡；掩体
    • a concrete/underground/secret bunker混凝土／地下／秘密掩体
    Extra Examples
    • The war cabinet met in an underground bunker.战争内阁在一个地下掩体中相遇。
    • In preparation for the worst, huge underground bunkers were built.兴建了大型地堡，以应对最坏的局面。
    Topics Buildingsc2
  2. a container for storing coal, especially on a ship or outside a house煤舱；煤箱
    • a coal bunker煤箱
    Topics Transport by waterc2
  3. (also especially North American English sand trap, trap)
     a small area filled with sand on a golf course（高尔夫球场上的）沙坑
    • He hit his second shot into a bunker.他第二弹射入了一个掩体。
    • She had a difficult job getting the ball out of the bunker.她很难把球从沙坑里拿出来。
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk ‘narrow bed’.

bunker

verb
🔊/ˈbʌŋkə(r)/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkər/
be bunkered
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bunker
🔊/ˈbʌŋkə(r)/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkər/
he / she / it bunkers
🔊/ˈbʌŋkəz/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkərz/
past simple bunkered
🔊/ˈbʌŋkəd/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkərd/
past participle bunkered
🔊/ˈbʌŋkəd/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkərd/
-ing form bunkering
🔊/ˈbʌŋkərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbʌŋkərɪŋ/
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  1. (in golf高尔夫球) to have hit your ball into a bunker把球击入了沙坑（因而处境艰难） (and therefore to be in a difficult position)
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk ‘narrow bed’.