| 单词 | bump |
| 释义 | bump n., v., & adv. --n 1. a dull-sounding blow or collision. 2. a swelling or dent caused by this. 3. an uneven patch on a road, field, etc. 4. Phrenol. any of various prominences on the skull thought to indicate different mental faculties. 5. (in narrow-river races where boats make a spaced start one behind another) the point at which a boat begins to overtake (and usu. touches) the boat ahead, thereby defeating it. 6. Aeron. a an irregularity in an aircraft's motion. b a rising air current causing this. --v 1. a tr. hit or come against with a bump. b intr. (of two objects) collide. 2. intr. (foll. by against, into) hit with a bump; collide with. 3. tr. (often foll. by against, on) hurt or damage by striking (bumped my head on the ceiling; bumped the car while parking). 4. intr. (usu. foll. by along) move or travel with much jolting (we bumped along the road). 5. tr. (in a boat-race) gain a bump against. 6. tr. US displace, esp. by seniority. --adv with a bump; suddenly; violently. Phrases and idioms bump into colloq. meet by chance. bump off sl. murder. bump up colloq. increase (prices etc.). Etymology: 16th c., imit.: perh. f. Scand. |
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