n. 铺位;床铺;座床
vi. 睡在铺上;逃跑
vt. 为…提供铺位;逃课
bunk 卧铺,胡说
1.卧铺,词源同bench, 长凳。
2.胡说,美国地名Buncombe的缩写。来自美国历史上真实的历史事件,在1820年一次州议会上,Buncombe郡议员Felix Walker滔滔不绝讲了十几个小时,其它议员不耐烦了,问他什么时候讲完,他回答说,我讲这么长是想向我们郡百姓证明我是尽职尽责的。这一事件直接或间接导致了以后的会议限制发言时间。
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]