- a stopper for closing a hole in a container塞子。
with obj.
1- close with a stopper(用塞子)塞住:
the casks are bunged before delivery.
在运送前, 桶孔已上了塞子。
1.1
bung something up
block (something), typically by overfilling堵住:you let vegetable peelings bung the sink up.
你让瓜果皮堵住了洗涤槽。
词源
late Middle English: from Middle Dutch bonghe (noun).
- Austral./NZ informal dead, ruined, or useless〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉死的, 废的, 无用的。
短语
go bung
1
- die死。
2
- fail or go bankrupt失败; 破产。
词源
mid 19th cent. (originally Australian pidgin): from Yagara (an extinct Aboriginal language).
with obj. and adverbial of direction
1- Brit. informal put (something) somewhere carelessly or casually〈英, 非正式〉随意放置:
I've bunged down a few ideas.
我随便就让那些想法过去了。
1.1
- throw, typically with violence用力扔:
they were bunging bricks through a shop window.
他们正向商店的橱窗砸砖头。
词源
early 19th cent.: symbolic.