bumpy

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bump·y /ˈbʌmpi/ adjectiveadj (comparativecomp bumpier, superlativesupl bumpiest)

1 FLATa bumpy surface is flat but has a lot of raised parts, so it is difficult to walk or drive on it 〔路面〕高低不平的 SYN uneven OPP smooth

a bumpy road

凹凸不平的路

The ground is bumpy in places.

地上有些地方高低不平。

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2 COMFORTABLEa bumpy journey by car or plane is uncomfortable, with movements up and down because of bad road or weather conditions 〔旅程〕颠簸的 OPP smooth

The plane made a bumpy landing.

飞机颠簸着降落了。

3 a bumpy ride/time PROBLEMhaving a lot of problems for a long time 一段坎坷的时期，一段困难时期

Shareholders have had a bumpy ride.

股民日子难过。

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a bumpy ride/time• It is therefore going to be, at best, a bumpy ride.• Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride.• Euro Disney had a bumpy ride as the market digested its results, sinking to a low of 813p down 35p.• It was the same man who had jostled her repeatedly during a bumpy ride on the Lexington Avenue Express subway.• The plant had had a bumpy ride since Cellatex was sold off by the chemicals giant Rhne-Poulenc in 1991.• It had been a bumpy ride, through the tail end of a thunderstorm.

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bumpy• Fasten your seatbelt, this ride may be bumpy.• He says it's not the toughest course but it's very hard and bumpy.• Every now and then a car rumbled over the bumpy dirt road, leaving behind a whirl of white dust.• bumpy dirt roads• Other technology issues sizzled for the year despite a bumpy finish.• Yet despite a bumpy first year, most students were engaged in productive work.• Not many people chose to take a ride on such a bumpy, gloomy road after dark in the month of January.• After a bumpy landing, all the passengers cheered and thanked the pilot.• It's going to be a bumpy read.• To get to Agra we had to endure a long bumpy ride in an old bus.• Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride.• Neal drove the last mile down the bumpy road towards the highway.• A bumpy, shaky ride back across Paris.• The field was too bumpy to play football on.

bump·y adjectiveadj

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