hump
noun
uk/hʌmp/us/hʌmp/humpnoun(LUMP)
[C]
alarge, roundraisedareaorpart:
隆起,凸起Thecarhita hump in theroadandswerved.汽车撞上了路上的一个隆起而突然变向。
UKLocalresidentsareaskingforspeedhumps(=raisedareasacrosstheroadwhich makepeopledriveslowly)to beinstalledintheirstreet.当地居民要求在大街上设置减速垄。
[C]
a roundraisedparton a person's or animal's back:
驼峰;(人的)驼背Sometypesofcamelhave two humps andothershave one.有些种类的骆驼有两个驼峰,而其他的只有一个。
See also
humpbacked
Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- any number ofthingsidiom
- armload
- backlog
- bolus
- flood
- foam
- logjam
- many
- motherlode
- multi-million
- multitude
- pile
- stack
- the lion's shareidiom
- tsunami
- wave after/upon waveidiom
- wedge
- welter
- wodge
Idioms
get the hump
be over the hump
hump
verb
uk/hʌmp/us/hʌmp/humpverb(CARRY)
[Tusually+ adv/prep]informal
tocarryorliftsomethingheavywithdifficulty:
(费力地)扛,背,驮My back reallyachesafter humping thoseheavyboxesaround allday.扛了一天那些很沉的箱子,我的背真的很疼。
Transferring and transporting objects
- bear
- bearer
- bike
- bike rack
- bore
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call forsomeone
- convey
- haul
- portage
- post-delivery
- putsomething/someonedown
- redeliver
- redelivery
- transplant
- transport
- transportation
humpverb(HAVE SEX)
[IorT]offensive
to havesex(with someone)
(与某人)性交