Learn A Word: Hunker & Hunker Down

Just before the new year, I ran into this phrase "hunker down" and had to resort to Wiktionary to make sure I got it right. Do you know it? What about the word "hunker"? The definitions given by Wiktionary are pasted below for easy reference.

Next time, when some friend disagrees with you on some forum such as this, will you hunker down and insist on your opinion? Or, will you listen to the other side?

Surfer_Diver
2013.12.28
2014.1.12


PS: Wiktionary definitions
hunker
Verb
1. (intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground.

hunker down
Verb
1. (idiomatic) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
2. (idiomatic) To stubbornly hold to a position.

所有跟帖： 

• 造句：Members of Congress were hunkered down for weeks of debate on -~叶子~- ♀ (73 bytes) () 01/13/2014 postreply 15:30:49

• Question: Why is it necessary to use the passive tense? -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/13/2014 postreply 20:54:15

• I thought that "hunker" was a noun... -斓婷- ♀ (102 bytes) () 01/15/2014 postreply 16:09:05