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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4302 COCA: 6139

lump

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Related topics: Food
lump1 /lʌmp/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  PIECEa small piece of something solid, without a particular shape 〔不定形的〕块
 Strain the custard to remove lumps.
滤去牛奶蛋糊里的面块。
lump of
 Melt a lump of butter in your frying-pan.
把一块黄油放入煎锅里化开。
► see thesaurus at piece →5 see picture at 见图 piece1
2  STICK OUTa small hard swollen area that sticks out from someone’s skin or grows in their body, usually because of an illness 〔皮肤上或体内的〕肿块
 You should never ignore a breast lump.
千万不能忽视乳房肿块。
3  DFa small square block of sugar 方糖
 One lump or two?
加一块方糖还是两块？
4  a lump in/to somebody’s throat CRYa feeling that you want to cry 某人喉咙哽住，某人哽咽欲泣
 There was a lump in her throat as she gazed at the child.
她凝视着孩子，哽咽欲哭。
Examples from the Corpus
a lump in/to somebody’s throat• That thought brought a lump to my throat, tears to my eyes.• Melanie felt a lump in her throat; it was a touching and whole-hearted welcome.• Even the Station Commander had a lump in his throat.• When she finished Charlie found that he had a lump in his throat.• Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat, Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box.• There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features.• For a moment she said nothing, she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat.
5  take your lumps American EnglishAmE informal to accept the bad things that happen and not let them affect you 认倒霉，勉强忍受
 According to experts, the company took its lumps but is on the road to profitability.
据专家说，该公司咬紧牙关撑了过去，现在已经开始赢利了。
Examples from the Corpus
take your lumps• For all these shortcomings, Apple took its lumps.• Our team took its lumps this season, but still finished with a winning record.
6  British EnglishBrE spokenSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT someone who is stupid or clumsy 愚蠢的人；笨拙的人
 He’s a big fat lump.
他是个傻大个儿。
Examples from the Corpus
lump• I was almost hit by a lump of rock that fell from the cliff.• He had a lump on his forehead the size of a golf ball.• In your frying pan melt a lump of butter.• She saw a lump under the bedclothes.• For a moment she said nothing, she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat.• But what about those lavas that solidify into one homogeneous lump, without crystallizing?• I got a little lump in my throat.• Throw a few more lumps of coal on the fire.• There are a lot of lumps in this sauce.• He put the gun in his pocket, where it made a slight lump.• Stir the mixture until all the lumps are gone.• The lump in Kay's breast turned out to be cancerous.
lump of• a lump of clay
lump2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  lump it informalACCEPT to accept a situation or decision you do not like because you cannot change it 无奈地接受，勉强同意
 They’ve been told: take the lower interest rate, or lump it.
有人告诉他们，要么接受更低的利率，要么就这样。
 It’s the law so you can like it or lump it.
这是法律，不管你喜不喜欢都得接受。
Examples from the Corpus
lump it• I don't like it-but I can lump it!• If I were you I'd tell them if they don't like it, lump it.• They've been told: take the lower interest rate - or lump it.
2  TOGETHERto put two or more different people or things together and consider them as a single group, sometimes wrongly 〔有时错误地〕把…归并在一起
lump something together
 You can’t lump the symptoms together and blame them all on stress.
你不能把这些症状混为一谈，通通归结为压力太大的缘故。
lump somebody/something in with somebody/something
 The danger is that people who pay their bills on time will be lumped in with those that don’t.
存在的风险是，按时付账单的人和不按时付账单的人会被混为一谈。
Examples from the Corpus
lump• Mercedes-Benz's proud engineers also loathe being lumped in with companies making everything from washing machines to weapons.• Whole areas of property will be lumped into bands with no attempt at individual valuations.• In addition, many minerals can be lumped into groups.• This year marks the first time that the four industrial states have lumped their primaries together early in a campaign.• However, I warn people against lumping together pindown and what has been happening in Leicestershire.• They object to the two giants being lumped together simply because they are hugely ambitious, colossally expensive and largely Texan.• All benefits and income from producing units were lumped together to establish overall feasibility.• She and a whole group of Communists whom the prosecutor had lumped together were to be tried later.
lump something together• The statistics lump all minority students together.
From Longman Business Dictionary
lumplump1 /lʌmp/ noun
1take the/your lumps American EnglishAmE informal to have some problems
They took their lumps but they’re on the road to profitability.
2the lump British EnglishBrE informal a system of employing workers in the building industry. Workers who are self-employed are paid a fixed amount of money for each day, often in cash
Some subcontractors expect to be paid on the lump.
lumplump2 adjectiveadj
lump labour British EnglishBrE self-employed workers in the building industry who are paid a fixed amount of money for each day, often in cash
growth in the amount of lump labour employed in the construction industry
lump1 nounlump2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4302 COCA: 6139
lump

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LUMP | LUMP + VERB ADJECTIVE➤big, giant, great, huge, large大塊◇a huge lump of cheese一大塊奶酪➤hard, heavy, solid硬邦邦的塊；沉甸甸的塊；結實的塊◇a heavy lump of clay一塊沉甸甸的黏土➤little, small小塊◇Stir the sauce to remove any small lumps.把醬汁中的小塊攪拌開。➤strange異樣的腫塊◇Check your breasts for strange lumps.檢查一下乳房有無異常腫塊。➤painful疼痛的腫塊◇He's developed a painful lump on his neck.他脖子上長了個腫塊，很疼。➤breast乳房腫塊◇She's just had a breast lump removed.她剛切除了乳房腫塊。➤cancerous, malignant癌腫塊；惡性腫塊◇Tests confirmed the lump was cancerous.化驗確診那個腫塊是癌變。➤benign良性腫塊VERB + LUMP➤have有腫塊➤detect, discover, feel, find, notice探測到／發現／摸到／找到／注意到腫塊◇She felt a lump in her breast.她摸到乳房有一個腫塊。➤remove去除腫塊◇Surgeons operated to remove the lump.外科醫生動手術摘除腫塊。➤form形成腫塊LUMP + VERB➤form腫塊形成➤grow腫塊長大
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4302 COCA: 6139
lump noun
⇨ piece (a sugar lump) ⇨ tumour (a painful lump)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4302 COCA: 6139
lump
Indistinct shapes: mass, lump, blur...
Sweet food and desserts: angelica, apple pie, banana split...
Words for amounts of specific substances: billow, block, cloud...
Internal growths and lumps: aneurysm, carbuncle, cyst...
Skin problems, swellings and injuries: abrasion, abscess, athlete's foot...
Someone who is unintelligent, stupid or silly: fool, buffoon, clown...
People who are lazy or slow to act: layabout, slob, couch potato...
Insulting words for fat people: fatty, lump, tub...
To categorize things: sort, classify, characterize...

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