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单词 bumpy
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bumpy
(bʌmpi )
Word forms: bumpier , bumpiest
1. adjective
A bumpy road or path has a lot of bumps on it.
...bumpy cobbled streets.
Synonyms: uneven, rough, pitted, irregular  
2. adjective
A bumpy journey is uncomfortable and rough, usually because you are travelling over an uneven surface.
...a hot and bumpy ride across the desert.
We had a bumpy flight over the centre of Panama.
Synonyms: jolting, jarring, bouncy, choppy  
Collocations:
bumpy flight
The bumpy flight to a grassy jungle airstrip was just 45 minutes but it took us back a thousand years.
The Sun (2008)
Following a long and bumpy flight I was parched and peckish.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was, as you would expect, a pretty bumpy flight.
The Sun (2008)
bumpy journey
And so our bumpy journey to the valley continues.
Times, Sunday Times
It costs me 3 for two single tickets and it's a long, bumpy journey with diversions to avoid roadworks.
The Sun
The socially dysfunctional flatmates continue their bumpy journey through life as constant losers, while doing their best to appear just as pretentious and successful as everyone else.
Times, Sunday Times
These affected the movement of goods from one territory to the other thus creating a bumpy journey through the different bureaucracies.
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I would treasure the long, bumpy journeys in the lorry - it was a rare opportunity to get my schoolwork done, although the teachers often complained about my atrocious presentation.
Times, Sunday Times
bumpy landing
In which case, the campaigners could be in for a bumpy landing.
Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, a piece of their prose can provide a bumpy landing after the economy and emotional lift-off of the best sonnets.
The Times Literary Supplement
The pilot had to climb, circle and come in again, with shaken passengers warned to brace for a bumpy landing.
The Sun
During the bumpy landing the postcards were scattered over a large area.
Times, Sunday Times
Some thought it just seemed like a very bumpy landing.
The Sun
bumpy patch
We can conjure up fancy theories to explain this bumpy patch, but sometimes it's pretty simple: they could just be exceptionally tired.
Times, Sunday Times
Please don't throw away the love you share because she had a bumpy patch in her youth.
The Sun
We got off to a flying start but, then hit a bumpy patch.
Times, Sunday Times
We're going through a bumpy patch.
Times, Sunday Times
Symptoms can include redness and flushing, dry or bumpy patches, a 'tight' feeling and stinging or itching.
The Sun
bumpy ride
After 40 minutes the bumpy ride became jumpier still as we descended, bucking the bronco air.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That said, investors should be ready for a bumpy ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It's been a bumpy ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They have had a bumpy ride since a profit warning last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is going to be a bumpy ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
bumpy road
But is having a bun in the oven at the same time as your sisters a blessing or a bumpy road?
The Sun (2017)
It certainly feels that way on a bumpy road in the sportier models.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It has been a bumpy road at times.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It deserves our support on the bumpy road still ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But she warned of a bumpy road ahead.
The Sun (2010)
bumpy skin
A quick swipe smooths out bumpy skin, while the tanning agents add a hint of a glow.
Times, Sunday Times
Without being greasy, it will remove any dry patches and it will smooth out bumpy skin often caused by depilation techniques.
Times, Sunday Times
Human hands can better judge and avoid product with soft spots, dull and faded coloring or rough and bumpy skin.
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They have smooth but bumpy skin.
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bumpy start
Stock market experts fear a bumpy start to 2011 as the cuts take effect.
The Sun
But things get off to a bumpy start when she arrives on screen later this month.
The Sun
The couple, who have a 1million mag deal for their wedding, marked a bumpy start to married life by driving dune buggies in the desert.
The Sun
It got off to a bumpy start -pulling in just 3.1 million viewers after it was scheduled to follow a show with poor ratings and got little publicity.
The Sun
She survived a bumpy start.
Times, Sunday Times
bumpy surface
The label comprises a plastic bumpy surface covered with a layer of gelatine and a film seal on top.
Times, Sunday Times
Real driving also requires intense concentration and unexpected physical exertion as the car goes around the bends and over the bumpy surface.
Times, Sunday Times
The drivers have all been complaining about the bumpy surface.
Times, Sunday Times
The two-millimeter-by-two-millimeter flexible sensor can bond to a tooth’s minutely bumpy surface.
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The scientists, who used a scanning electron microscope to take snaps, say the bumpy surface resembles a fossilised colony of microbacteria - a simple form of life.
The Sun
bumpy terrain
Roads weren’t smooth or paved in those days, and men raced and toured on a dusty and bumpy terrain.
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Steep and bumpy terrain will punish anyone used to more forgiving pistes — there's no vanity grading here.
The Sun
This resulted in a much more comfortable ride on bumpy terrain.
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Translations:
Chinese: 颠簸的
Japanese: でこぼこのある
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