单词 | hump |
释义 | hump n. & v. --n   1. a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel etc., or as an abnormality on a person's back.   2. a rounded raised mass of earth etc.   3. a mound over which railway vehicles are pushed so as to run by gravity to the required place in a marshalling yard.   4. a critical point in an undertaking, ordeal, etc.   5. (prec. by the) Brit. sl. a fit of depression or vexation (it gives me the hump). --vtr.   1. a (often foll. by about) colloq. lift or carry (heavy objects etc.) with difficulty. b esp. Austral. hoist up, shoulder (one's pack etc.).   2. make hump-shaped.   3. annoy, depress.   4. coarse sl. have sexual intercourse with. Usage In sense 4 usually considered a taboo word. Phrases and idioms hump bridge = humpback bridge. live on one's hump colloq. be self-sufficient. over the hump over the worst; well begun. Derivatives humped adj. humpless adj. Etymology: 17th c.: perh. rel. to LG humpel hump, LG humpe, Du. homp lump, hunk (of bread) |
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