单词 | bum-numbing |
释义 | > as lemmasbum-numbing bum-numbing adj. (a) (of an event, activity, performance, etc.) requiring a person to sit for a long period of time; (hence) excessively lengthy, tedious; (b) (of seating) hard or otherwise uncomfortable to sit on. ΚΠ 1973 Canberra Times 6 Feb. 15/8 ‘The Flight’ and ‘Solaris’..each need to leave more on the cutting-room floor... The effect is nothing more than bum-numbing. 1979 Observer 16 Dec. 18/4 I would suggest that its organisers..smash up the bum-numbing tip-up seats. 2002 N. Williams & V. Boone Loire (Lonely Planet) (ed. 2) 94 Seating can be bum-numbing; bring a cushion. 2005 Chat 1 Dec. 44/3 After a bum-numbing 10-hour flight, you'll always get a friendly welcome on this colourful island. < as lemmas |
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