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单词 lumpen
释义
lumpenlum‧pen /ˈlʌmpən, ˈlʊm-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINlumpen
Origin:
1900-2000 lumpenproletariat ‘lowest part of the population’ (20-21 centuries), from German, from lump ‘dirty untidy person’ + proletariat ‘proletariat’
Examples
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  • Both families had been transformed from what might be called a lumpen peasantry into what Marx did call the lumpen proletariat.
  • The individuality and richness of their lives - given a glance of a chance - mocked such lumpen labels.
  • These were the days when rock was being shooed out in disgrace, a lumpen confusion of scratched armpits and muddled motives.
1relating to the poorest and least educated people from the working class2large, heavy, and lumpy:  Her body felt lumpen and awkward.
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