bunk

• n. 寝台；ベッド；座布団
• vi. 寝台で寝る；逃げる
• vt.寝台を用意する；授業をサボる

1.寝台、語源的にはベンチと同じ。

2.Bunk、アメリカの地名Buncombeの略。アメリカ史上の実際の出来事から、1820年の州議会で、バンコム郡議会議員のフェリックス?ウォーカーが10時間以上も演説を続け、他の議員が焦って「いつ終わるんだ」と聞くと、彼は「私がこんなに長く演説したのは、郡民に自分の義務を果たしていることを証明したいからだ」と答えた。この事件は、その後の会議での発言時間の制限に直接的、間接的につながった。

bunk (n.1)

"sleeping berth," 1758, probably a shortened form of bunker (n.) in its sense "seat." Bunk-bed (n.) attested by 1869.

bunk (n.2)

"nonsense," 1900, short for bunkum, phonetic spelling of Buncombe, a county in North Carolina. The usual story (by 1841) of its origin is this: At the close of the protracted Missouri statehood debates, supposedly on Feb. 25, 1820, N.C. Representative Felix Walker (1753-1828) began what promised to be a "long, dull, irrelevant speech," and he resisted calls to cut it short by saying he was bound to say something that could appear in the newspapers in the home district and prove he was on the job. "I shall not be speaking to the House," he confessed, "but to Buncombe." Bunkum has been American English slang for "nonsense" since 1841 (from 1838 as generic for "a U.S. Representative's home district").

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]

bunk (v.)

"to sleep in a bunk," 1840, originally nautical, from bunk (n.1). Related: Bunked; bunking.

1. The bunk mattress was hard，the blankets prickly and slightly damp.

この敷居のマットレスは硬くて、毛布もきつくて、しかも少し湿っています。

2.I don 't know where the captain means to bunk you.

船長があなたのベッドをそこに配置するつもりだとは知りませんでした。

3.That 's a load of bunk .

それはでたらめだ。

4.The twins sleep in a bunk bed.

この双子の兄弟は2階建てシングルベッドで寝ている。

5.As I swing down from out of my bunk ，I got dizzy and misjudged the distance.

ベッドから飛び降りたとき、私はめまいを感じて、高さを把握していなかった。