hump

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hump1 /hʌmp/ noun

1 [countableC]CFROUND a large round shape that rises above the surface of something 巨大鼓包，圆形隆起物

the hump of a hill

山冈

2. speed/traffic humps British EnglishBrE a series of humps in the road, designed to make traffic slow down 〔道路上的〕限速路墩

[countableC]HBA a raised part on the back of a camel 驼峰

4. [countableC]MI a raised part on someone’s back that is caused by an unusually curved spine 〔人的〕驼背 → hunchback

5. be over the hump SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto have finished the most difficult part of something 完成最困难的部分，渡过最困难的阶段

Examples from the Corpus

be over the hump• With this win, the coach feels the team is over the hump.

6. give somebody the hump/get the hump British EnglishBrE spoken to make someone feel angry or upset, or to feel angry or upset 使某人生气[烦恼]/感到生气[烦恼]

Examples from the Corpus

hump• The car has a big hump in the middle of the rear floor, because of the rear-wheel drive mechanism.• Even with the magnification of a monocular, I can barely make out indistinct humps gliding through the darkening water.• I sat down on its rounded hump.• Ahead, two small humps of islands lay stunned with light.• Once the personal-computer industry gets over that hump, there will finally be speed to burn.• For several hours we explored the island, two humps of rock, spectacularly eroded, joined by a narrow ridge.

hump2 verb informal

1 [transitiveT] British EnglishBrECARRY to carry something heavy from one place to another with difficulty 〔费劲地〕背，扛，搬运 SYN heave, lug, → drag

hump something down/along/across etc

I managed to hump the suitcases upstairs.

我好不容易把那些箱子搬上了楼。

2. [intransitiveI, transitiveT] not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex with someone （与…）性交

Examples from the Corpus

hump• It was easy duty: all paperwork, no humping, a tin roof over his head.• I dismissed the watercolours and pencils, because of humping all the water bottles, brushes, and so on around.• It could not have been easy to hump awkward loads up and down the wobbly death trap.• Their cases humped upstairs and put into the bedroom, Adam looked Rufus Fletcher up in the phone book.

Origin hump1

(1600-1700) Perhaps from Dutch homp or Low German humpe

hump1 nounhump2 verb

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