| 释义 |
lumpen
lum·pen 1 L0288300 (lŭm′pən, lo͝om′-)adj.1. Of or relating to dispossessed, often displaced people who have been cut off from the socioeconomic class with which they would ordinarily be identified: lumpen intellectuals unable to find work in their fields.2. Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.3. Vulgar or common; plebeian: "Popular novelists and their mass readership remain a despised lumpen minority" (Leslie Fiedler).n.1. (used with a pl. verb) The lumpenproletariat.2. (used with a sing. verb) A member of the lumpenproletariat.
[From German Lumpenproletariat, the lowest section of the proletariat; see lumpenproletariat.]
lum·pen 2 L0288300 (lŭm′pən)adj. Having lumps or a lumpy appearance: "glancing with reluctant distaste at the shrouded, lumpen shape on the floor" (P.D. James).
[lump + -en.]lumpen (ˈlʌmpən) adjinformal stupid or unthinking[from German Lump vagabond, influenced in meaning by Lumpen rag, as in lumpenproletariat]lum•pen (ˈlʌm pən, ˈlʊm-)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, esp. those who have lost status: the lumpen bourgeoisie. n. 2. a lumpen individual or group. [1945–50; extracted from lumpenproletariat] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  lumpen - mentally sluggish lumpish, unthinkingstupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeelumplumpen
Related to lumpen: Lumpen proletariatSynonyms for lumpenadj mentally sluggishSynonymsRelated Words |