bunch
noun uk/bʌntʃ/ us/bʌntʃ/
(GROUP)
B1 [ C ]串;束;扎
a number of things of the same type fastened together or in a close group
a bunch of flowers/grapes/bananas/keys 一束花/一串葡萄/一串香蕉/一串钥匙
mainly US informal The reorganization will give us a whole bunch (= a lot) of problems. 重组将会给我们带来一堆问题。
B1 [ S ]一帮人
a group of people
They're a bunch of jerks. 他们是一帮笨蛋。
Your friends are a nice bunch. 你的一帮朋友都很好。
the best/pick of the bunch 出类拔萃的人(或物);精英;精品
the best person or thing from a group of similar people or things
Send in your poems and we'll publish the best of the bunch. 把你的诗歌寄过来,我们将择优出版。
- More examples
- Those builders are a bunch of cowboys - they made a terrible job of our extension.
- These politicians are just a bunch of crooks.
- a bunch of grapes
- Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.
- She sent him a bunch of red roses.
(HAIRSTYLE)
bunches[ plural ] UK (扎在头两侧的)小辫
If a girl has her hair in bunches, it is tied together in two parts with one at each side of her head.
As a little girl she wore her hair in bunches. 小时候她把头发梳成两个小辫。
Idiom
a bunch of fivesidiom UK old-fashioned slang 一拳痛击
If you give someone a bunch of fives, you hit them hard with your hand closed.