b)WORK HARDto make yourself comfortable in a safe place, especially for a long time 准备长期留在某安全之处
c)informal to prepare yourself for a difficult situation 准备应付〔艰难的情况〕
Examples from the Corpus
hunker• A third student has plopped his books by the door and is hunkering down against the wall.• He liked to hunker down and talk.• The 20-minute ride to the dinnertable is chilly; you hunker down, gripping a thickblanket and your companion.• People are hunkering down in camps.• The view is worth every torturedmoment of discomfort it takes to hunker down, scrunch up, and peer out.• School had trained them to hunker down, to disengage.• This year, Hollywood mostly prostrated itself, hunkering down until the wind from the right blows over.