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单词 hunchback
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Definition of hunchback in English:

hunchback

noun ˈhʌn(t)ʃbakˈhən(t)ʃbæk
  • 1A back deformed by a sharp forward angle, forming a hump, typically caused by collapse of a vertebra.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had a hunchback and walked with a stick.
    • This was so from the very beginning, for the supposed peculiarities of his birth and the hunchback, for which he is renowned, were but inventions to signify evil.
    • You'd see old ladies with hunchbacks, who had been harvesting their whole lives.
    • A jolly, easy-go-lucky fellow who hides all his sorrow within and portrays a comical figure, laughing at himself and about his hunchback.
    • She was petite and had a dowager's hump or minor hunchback.
    • Gus is self-consciously aware of his hunchback and tries to stand taller than everyone else, with tough-as-nails determination and on-demand availability.
    • The condition leaves a child short in stature and prone to developing a hunchback.
    1. 1.1dated, offensive A person with a hunchback.
 
 

Definition of hunchback in US English:

hunchback

nounˈhən(t)SHbakˈhən(t)ʃbæk
  • 1A back deformed by a sharp forward angle, forming a hump, typically caused by collapse of a vertebra.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You'd see old ladies with hunchbacks, who had been harvesting their whole lives.
    • She was petite and had a dowager's hump or minor hunchback.
    • Gus is self-consciously aware of his hunchback and tries to stand taller than everyone else, with tough-as-nails determination and on-demand availability.
    • The condition leaves a child short in stature and prone to developing a hunchback.
    • A jolly, easy-go-lucky fellow who hides all his sorrow within and portrays a comical figure, laughing at himself and about his hunchback.
    • This was so from the very beginning, for the supposed peculiarities of his birth and the hunchback, for which he is renowned, were but inventions to signify evil.
    • She had a hunchback and walked with a stick.
    1. 1.1offensive, dated A person with a hunchback.
 
 
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