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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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