英语词汇“over the hump”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. transferred and figurative. The critical point (in an undertaking, ordeal, the ascent of a seaplane, etc.), esp. in the phrase over the hump, over the worst, well begun; cf. sense 2c. Also: the high point, peak (of a graph, etc.).

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > a difficulty > point of greatest difficulty

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one's (or the) last (or utter) shifta1604

hump1914

crunch1970

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 46 Hump,..the half-way point in a prison sentence. Example: ‘How long have you got yet on your bit? I'm just over the hump.’

1914 Techn. Rep. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. 1912–13 244 The floats of the flaring bow type require only about half the E.H.P. to surmount the hump.

1922 W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) ii. i. 89 If we look at a chart of the births and deaths in Germany..each war is marked by a peak in the line showing the death rate and a ravine in the line showing the birth rate. But the ravine is followed by a hump..making good the numbers lost.

1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse (1930) xxii. 253 Today won't be like yesterday. You're over the hump, and the rest of it's downhill going.

1935 P. W. F. Mills Elem. Pract. Flying v. 71 In rising from the normal semi~submerged state there is a critical point known as passing the hump, before the reaching of which point the floats are definitely water-bound. After passing the hump the floats very nearly emerge from the water and commence to hydroplane. The time taken to reach the ‘hump’ and the ease with which it is passed, vary greatly.

1938 Amer. Speech 13 188/2 Once a cocaine addict is over the hump he says he is coasting or in high.

1952 Economist 27 Sept. 771/1 The machine tool industry is probably ‘over the hump’ of its..task.

1959 Listener 19 Feb. 316/2 Things were very difficult with us that year, and the Americans helped us over the hump.

1960 Economist 8 Oct. 135/1 The ‘hump’ in imports that was desired has turned into a steady climb.

1965 Listener 16 Dec. 985/1 East German farming is getting over the hump.

单词	over the hump
释义	> as lemmas over the hump d. transferred and figurative. The critical point (in an undertaking, ordeal, the ascent of a seaplane, etc.), esp. in the phrase over the hump, over the worst, well begun; cf. sense 2c. Also: the high point, peak (of a graph, etc.). ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > a difficulty > point of greatest difficulty knotc1386 one's (or the) last (or utter) shifta1604 hump1914 crunch1970 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 46 Hump,..the half-way point in a prison sentence. Example: ‘How long have you got yet on your bit? I'm just over the hump.’ 1914 Techn. Rep. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. 1912–13 244 The floats of the flaring bow type require only about half the E.H.P. to surmount the hump. 1922 W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) ii. i. 89 If we look at a chart of the births and deaths in Germany..each war is marked by a peak in the line showing the death rate and a ravine in the line showing the birth rate. But the ravine is followed by a hump..making good the numbers lost. 1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse (1930) xxii. 253 Today won't be like yesterday. You're over the hump, and the rest of it's downhill going. 1935 P. W. F. Mills Elem. Pract. Flying v. 71 In rising from the normal semi~submerged state there is a critical point known as passing the hump, before the reaching of which point the floats are definitely water-bound. After passing the hump the floats very nearly emerge from the water and commence to hydroplane. The time taken to reach the ‘hump’ and the ease with which it is passed, vary greatly. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 188/2 Once a cocaine addict is over the hump he says he is coasting or in high. 1952 Economist 27 Sept. 771/1 The machine tool industry is probably ‘over the hump’ of its..task. 1959 Listener 19 Feb. 316/2 Things were very difficult with us that year, and the Americans helped us over the hump. 1960 Economist 8 Oct. 135/1 The ‘hump’ in imports that was desired has turned into a steady climb. 1965 Listener 16 Dec. 985/1 East German farming is getting over the hump. extracted from humpn. < as lemmas
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