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

单词	bump
释义	bump I. \ˈbəmp\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: imitative *transitive verb* 1. a. : to strike or knock typically with a degree of force or violence and making a thudding impact and usually with a degree of injury or damage < he bumped his head on the low ceiling > b. chiefly Britain : smash c. chiefly Britain : nip 2. : to meet with or come up against forcibly (as an obstruction, buffer, or guard rail) < the front fender was crushed as it bumped the stone wall > 3. a. : to displace, dislodge, or move from a position by bumping : knock out of place < the passenger was bumped out of his seat by the impact > b. : to oust (another) from a job or position and fill it oneself usually by virtue of seniority rights < he was bumped from his job as a switchman by an older railroader > c. : to deprive (another) of travel accommodations especially on an airplane by virtue of higher priority or rank or greater need < he was bumped at the airport to make room for a top-ranking army officer > d. : to demote in rank usually suddenly : bust < he was bumped from colonel to major > e. : to oust or dismiss from membership < a move to bump the senator from the committee > 4. a. : to approach or attain to in a manner suggesting irregular jolting and forceful progress < prices began bumping officially approved limits > b. : to increase or raise with suddenness or force — usually used with up < demand has bumped up prices > 5. a. : to apply pressure to (sheet or plate metal) so as to make or remove a concavity or convexity b. : to raise a low area of (a printing plate) especially by hammering on the back or by interlaying — often used with up *intransitive verb* 1. : to strike or knock against something with a forceful thud or jolt — often used with into or against < the car bumped into the light pole > 2. : to travel or proceed in or as if in a series of bumps — often followed by an adverb or a preposition < bumped over the dirt road > < the jeep turned and bumped back onto the highway — Donald Stokes > 3. : to encounter usually forcibly or somewhat unpleasantly something that is an obstacle, hindrance, or threat — usually used with into or against < expected to bump against serious opposition — Ned Russell > 4. : to boil suddenly and sometimes with explosive violence (as of water covered with a layer of oil and rapidly heated) 5. of a bowled cricket ball : to rise to an unusual height after pitching 6. : to thrust the hips forward with a quick, convulsive, or suggestive motion in or as if in a burlesque striptease < the strippers still bump and grind in the clubs, although with modifications — Time > Synonyms: clash, collide, conflict: bump indicates forceful knocking or running against, typically with thudding impact < the ferry bumped into the mooring post > < he bumped his foot on the stove > It may suggest encountering an obstacle or difficulty < the builder bumped up against the problem of shoring up the wall > clash may suggest hitting, knocking, or dashing together or against with sharp force and jangling metallic din < the swords clashed > < where ignorant armies clash by night — Matthew Arnold > or sharp, although sometimes short-lived, variance, incompatibility, or opposition < Cavour and Victor Emmanuel clashed sharply, and on these occasions it was usually the King who won — Times Literary Supplement > < when the new demands of our changing economic life clash with the old dogmas — M.R.Cohen > collide suggests a more or less direct running together or against with a certain force or shock < the tanker sank after it collided with the freighter > It also indicates a forceful direct disagreement or opposition < an English East India Company was using the Portuguese route around Africa and colliding with the Portuguese in India — Stringfellow Barr > conflict, archaic in senses involving physical contact, indicates variance, incompatibility, or opposition < conflicting testimony by two witnesses > < to stand up amid conflicting interests — William Wordsworth > • - bump into II. noun (-s) 1. a. : a somewhat forceful, sudden, thudding, or jolting blow or impact : the action, the effect, or the noise of such a blow < the freight cars came together with a bump > < the bump of a chestnut falling — Sylvia Stallings > < a bump that still hurts > as (1) : a jolt experienced in an airplane in flight that is caused by local ascending or descending air currents (2) : a sudden shock or rock concussion sometimes accompanying rock subsidence in and around mines b. : displacement to a lower position : demotion < a bump to the bottom of his class > 2. : a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: as a. : a swelling of tissue usually resulting from a bump < a week later she still had a bad bump on her forehead > b. : a protuberance on the body: as (1) : breast < a young girl beginning to mature and show bumps > (2) : a cranial protuberance associated in phrenology with one of various faculties or personal qualities c. (1) : a sudden rise in a road surface likely to jolt a passing vehicle (2) : any marked unevenness in a road surface likely to cause such a jolt < an old pavement now full of bumps and holes > d. : a hill or other bulky rounded protuberance typically somewhat isolated geographically < the lone bump of hill that stands on the Jersey flats — Horace Sutton > 3. a. : an obstruction giving sudden check or pause < help people over the bumps of defeat — L.C.May > also : the abrupt perception of an obstruction or difficulty < Mrs. Miniver remembered with a bump, felt dismayed — Jan Struther > b. : obstacle, difficulty < the bumps he encountered on his way to success > 4. : natural endowment : faculty, quality < has need of a big bump of irreverence — John Raymond > < possessing a bump of skepticism and a bent toward rationality — C.J.Rolo > < children with big bumps of curiosity > 5. : an action of thrusting the hips forward with abrupt suggestive motion typically in a burlesque striptease act — compare grind Synonyms: see impact
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