動(dòng)詞 hunker:

1. sit on one's heels
   同義詞：squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker down

hun.ker

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
hun.kered,hun.ker.ing,hun.kers
To squat close to the ground; crouch:
蹲下：
例句：
hunkered down to avoid the icy wind.
蹲下來(lái)躲避寒風(fēng)

To hold stubbornly to a position:
頑固地堅(jiān)持某一點(diǎn)：
例句：
.As the White House hunkered down, G.O.P. congressional unity started crumbling.(Time)
.由于白宮拒不讓步，共和黨國(guó)會(huì)同盟開(kāi)始瓦解.(時(shí)代)

n.（名詞）
hunkers
The haunches.
腿臀部

來(lái)源：
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin] ; akin to Old Norse hokra [to crouch]
[可能源于斯堪的納維亞語(yǔ)] ；類似于 古斯堪的納維亞語(yǔ) hokra [蹲]