英语词汇“hunker down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

hunker down

释义

Verb: hunker down

Sit on one's heels
"The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker
Take shelter
"During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"
Hold stubbornly to a position
"The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"

Derived forms: hunkering down, hunkers down, hunkered down

Type of: hide, hide out, hold firm, sit, sit down, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat

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