| 单词 | bung |
| 释义 | bungWord family nounbungholebung Daily life bung1 /bʌŋ/ noun [countableC] 1. Da round piece of rubber, wood etc used to close the top of a container 塞子 2. PAY FOR British EnglishBrE informal money given to someone secretly, and usually illegally, to make them do something 贿赂 SYN bribe Examples from the Corpus bung• To save draining the cistern, make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet.• Laura removed a wedge-shaped bung from the wall and peered in.• All six bungs were sealed and there was no evidence that any of them had ever been damaged.• I can only assume they're taking bungs from divorce lawyers.• He finally slumped against the nearest crate and stared at the dimpled area around the bung.• Instead of striking the middle of the bung he would concentrate on the seal itself.• He gripped the bracket in both hands and repeatedly pounded the bung.• Nevertheless he steadied his aim and brought the bracket down on to the bung. bung2 verb [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] British EnglishBrE informal 1 PUTto put something somewhere quickly and carelessly 投，扔，掷；乱放 bung something in/into etc something ► see thesaurus at put Can you bung these clothes in the washing machine? 你把这些衣服扔进洗衣机好吗？ 2 bung something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal a) SHUT/CLOSEto block something, especially a hole 阻塞，塞住〔尤指孔、洞〕 b) be bunged upMI to find it difficult to breathe because you have a cold 〔因感冒而鼻子〕不通气，呼吸不通 Examples from the Corpus bung• I've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers.• Just sign the card, bung it in an envelope and send it off.• When the Access people billed him, he bunged them a wedge for £1000.• Don't just bung them in because everybody else is.• Could you bung those clothes into the washing machine for me?• However there's only 2 pubs near it and they were bunged to bursting point. (1400-1500) Middle Dutch bonghe, probably from Late Latin puncta “hole made in something”, from Latin pungere; → PUNGENT |
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