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Definition of hunch in English: hunchverb hʌn(t)ʃhən(t)ʃ [with object]1Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward. 使弓起；使隆起（肩部） Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow Example sentencesExamples - I smile, appeased and amused, when I realize that he's actually ducking, and his broad shoulders are hunched over.
- Mary frowned, hunching her shoulders together in a defensive motion.
- Sometimes I even find myself hunching my shoulders forward like Dean, and walking with my hands thrust deep in my pockets.
- Out on the stoop a bunch of men were sitting hunched over their six packs and a dog was incessantly barking.
- His shoulders were hunched over and his eyes tried to stay open.
- He hunched his shoulders to force his body away from the trembles.
- I hunched my shoulders and stared at the gravestones solemnly.
- His once broad shoulders were hunched forward as a result of his age.
- Don't bring the leg in so far it bends or hunch your shoulders; this stresses the hamstrings and the spine and neck.
- The tops of their heads had the same randomly curling hair; even the way they hunched their shoulders was similar.
- He hunched his shoulders, first one side, then the other.
- My cheeks grew hot and I hunched my shoulders in shame.
- He faltered slightly at her words, hunching his shoulders as he wiped the tears from his face.
- Avoid hunching your shoulders toward your ears or rounding your back.
- ‘Yea fine,’ I said, hunching my shoulders in the breeze.
- A young girl of about 15 was hunched over as her shoulder shook with silent tears.
- My hands found my pocket again, and I hunched my shoulders so my face was hidden by both my hair and my jacket.
- And there she was sitting hunched over in the chair right next to the door.
- Susie squealed, hunching her shoulders and scooting away from him.
- The man is hunched over, bent by the difficulties in his life, but his expression is resolute to the point of defiance.
Synonyms arch, curve, hump, bend, bow, curl, crook crouch, huddle up, curl up, hunker down, bend, stoop, squat North American informal scooch - 1.1no object Sit or stand with one's shoulders raised and the top of one's body bent forward.
使弓起；使隆起（肩部） he hunched over his glass 他俯向他的玻璃酒杯。 Example sentencesExamples - Unable to stand it, he hunched over completely, forehead touching the surface of the altar as he fought to control his cries of anguish.
- The beady eyes of the swarthy man focused on his like a snake upon its prey, and he hunched up, balling his fists, his body lean and ornery.
- I hunched up my body and put the towel over my self in protection.
- He was trying to act surprised and then laugh, but the way his body hunched over as he did it and the voice he did it in just cracked me up.
Synonyms crouch, crouch down, hunker, hunker down, sit on one's haunches, sit on one's heels, sit, bend down, bob down, duck down, cower, cringe
noun hʌn(t)ʃhən(t)ʃ 1A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact. 基于直觉的想法；预感 I have a hunch that someone is telling lies Example sentencesExamples - It is only where the decision is clearly random, or based on a hunch or prejudice, that the officer's action is likely to be regarded as unreasonable.
- I read on the web that a Thai meteorologist, acting on a hunch, sent an alert to television and radio stations.
- Homesick, he noted how similar the landscape was to his native Tuscany and, acting on a hunch, he went digging for truffles.
- That night, on a hunch, he returns with a flashlight, and, proving once again why he was made head gardener, manages to startle a gorging gray horde of sweet-toothed woodmice.
- On a hunch, the researchers radioed the ground-based team and urged them to continue gathering data when the star re-emerged from behind Uranus.
- Here again, the expectations are based more on hunches than a detailed analysis of where Indian agriculture stands.
- Very likely, some intuitive hunches do indicate the presence of a sixth sense.
- For all their pretensions to being empirical and hard-nosed, most business decisions are guided by pure intuition and wild hunches.
- Drake and Emily thought it was lunchtime, based on vague hunches and guessing, but mostly on the fact that they were hungry.
- The work is an attempt to say something interesting by exploring the author's hunches and intuitions.
- Most medical research is empirical based on evidence rather than hunches or preferences.
- He just suggested it out of the blue, and we followed it on a hunch.
- It can be shown in simple exercises that we all have a propensity to seek to confirm our hunches or hypotheses, rather than seek to test and refute them.
- Based on a hunch, the lawyer asked if the widow had been born a woman.
- Instead, decisions were made based on facts rather than hunches and resources were pooled for the common good.
- It has enabled governments and individuals to think more globally in a systematic way and not just on the basis of hunches and guesses.
- Police, waiting there on a hunch, arrested Simpson, while the other two escaped.
- Acting on a hunch, I detoured down the path and a few minutes later emerged by a glorious pool.
- On a hunch, the two cops head over anyway to discover that the warehouse is indeed being robbed.
- Here is a hunch based, like all good hunches, on just about nothing.
Synonyms feeling, guess, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, impression, inkling, idea, notion, fancy, presentiment, premonition, intuition informal gut feeling, feeling in one's bones, funny feeling, sixth sense 2A humped position or thing. 肉峰；隆肉 他背上的肉峰。 Example sentencesExamples - This first hunch when done correctly will put you in a butterfly position and will utilize the large latissimus muscles of the back.
Synonyms protuberance, hump, lump, bump, knob, protrusion, prominence, projection, bulge, swelling, nodule, node, mass, growth, outgrowth, excrescence rare tumescence, tumefaction, intumescence 3dialect A thick piece; a hunk. 〈主方〉厚片，大块 一大块面包。 Example sentencesExamples - She blew a kiss to Wolf, called him little robber, and slid a wooden platter between the bars of the cage: two steaming lumps of goat's flesh, with a hunch of bread and a flask of wine.
Synonyms piece, portion, wedge, chunk, hunk, lump, slab, segment
OriginLate 15th century: of unknown origin. The original meaning was 'push, shove' (noun and verb), a sense retained now in Scots as a noun, and in US dialect as a verb. Sense 1 of the noun derives probably from a US sense of the verb 'nudge someone in order to draw attention to something'. Rhymesbrunch, bunch, crunch, lunch, munch, punch, scrunch Definition of hunch in US English: hunchverbhən(t)ʃhən(t)SH [with object]1Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward. 使弓起；使隆起（肩部） he thrust his hands in his pockets, hunching his shoulders 他双手插在口袋中，耸着肩。 no object he hunched over his glass 他俯向他的玻璃酒杯。 Example sentencesExamples - He hunched his shoulders to force his body away from the trembles.
- My hands found my pocket again, and I hunched my shoulders so my face was hidden by both my hair and my jacket.
- And there she was sitting hunched over in the chair right next to the door.
- Out on the stoop a bunch of men were sitting hunched over their six packs and a dog was incessantly barking.
- A young girl of about 15 was hunched over as her shoulder shook with silent tears.
- My cheeks grew hot and I hunched my shoulders in shame.
- His shoulders were hunched over and his eyes tried to stay open.
- The man is hunched over, bent by the difficulties in his life, but his expression is resolute to the point of defiance.
- Susie squealed, hunching her shoulders and scooting away from him.
- I hunched my shoulders and stared at the gravestones solemnly.
- Avoid hunching your shoulders toward your ears or rounding your back.
- His once broad shoulders were hunched forward as a result of his age.
- He faltered slightly at her words, hunching his shoulders as he wiped the tears from his face.
- He hunched his shoulders, first one side, then the other.
- The tops of their heads had the same randomly curling hair; even the way they hunched their shoulders was similar.
- Sometimes I even find myself hunching my shoulders forward like Dean, and walking with my hands thrust deep in my pockets.
- Don't bring the leg in so far it bends or hunch your shoulders; this stresses the hamstrings and the spine and neck.
- Mary frowned, hunching her shoulders together in a defensive motion.
- I smile, appeased and amused, when I realize that he's actually ducking, and his broad shoulders are hunched over.
- ‘Yea fine,’ I said, hunching my shoulders in the breeze.
Synonyms arch, curve, hump, bend, bow, curl, crook crouch, huddle up, curl up, hunker down, bend, stoop, squat - 1.1no object Bend one's body into a huddled position.
团起身子 I hunched up as small as I could 我尽量把身子缩成一团。 Example sentencesExamples - I hunched up my body and put the towel over my self in protection.
- Unable to stand it, he hunched over completely, forehead touching the surface of the altar as he fought to control his cries of anguish.
- He was trying to act surprised and then laugh, but the way his body hunched over as he did it and the voice he did it in just cracked me up.
- The beady eyes of the swarthy man focused on his like a snake upon its prey, and he hunched up, balling his fists, his body lean and ornery.
Synonyms crouch, crouch down, hunker, hunker down, sit on one's haunches, sit on one's heels, sit, bend down, bob down, duck down, cower, cringe - 1.2 Shove or push; nudge.
she hunched me and winked
nounhən(t)ʃhən(t)SH 1A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than known facts. 基于直觉的想法；预感 she was acting on a hunch 她是在凭直觉行动。 Example sentencesExamples - Here is a hunch based, like all good hunches, on just about nothing.
- On a hunch, the two cops head over anyway to discover that the warehouse is indeed being robbed.
- It can be shown in simple exercises that we all have a propensity to seek to confirm our hunches or hypotheses, rather than seek to test and refute them.
- Based on a hunch, the lawyer asked if the widow had been born a woman.
- For all their pretensions to being empirical and hard-nosed, most business decisions are guided by pure intuition and wild hunches.
- Police, waiting there on a hunch, arrested Simpson, while the other two escaped.
- Instead, decisions were made based on facts rather than hunches and resources were pooled for the common good.
- Very likely, some intuitive hunches do indicate the presence of a sixth sense.
- Acting on a hunch, I detoured down the path and a few minutes later emerged by a glorious pool.
- He just suggested it out of the blue, and we followed it on a hunch.
- Here again, the expectations are based more on hunches than a detailed analysis of where Indian agriculture stands.
- I read on the web that a Thai meteorologist, acting on a hunch, sent an alert to television and radio stations.
- The work is an attempt to say something interesting by exploring the author's hunches and intuitions.
- Most medical research is empirical based on evidence rather than hunches or preferences.
- That night, on a hunch, he returns with a flashlight, and, proving once again why he was made head gardener, manages to startle a gorging gray horde of sweet-toothed woodmice.
- Drake and Emily thought it was lunchtime, based on vague hunches and guessing, but mostly on the fact that they were hungry.
- It has enabled governments and individuals to think more globally in a systematic way and not just on the basis of hunches and guesses.
- It is only where the decision is clearly random, or based on a hunch or prejudice, that the officer's action is likely to be regarded as unreasonable.
- On a hunch, the researchers radioed the ground-based team and urged them to continue gathering data when the star re-emerged from behind Uranus.
- Homesick, he noted how similar the landscape was to his native Tuscany and, acting on a hunch, he went digging for truffles.
Synonyms feeling, guess, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, impression, inkling, idea, notion, fancy, presentiment, premonition, intuition 2A humped position or thing. 肉峰；隆肉 他背上的肉峰。 Example sentencesExamples - This first hunch when done correctly will put you in a butterfly position and will utilize the large latissimus muscles of the back.
Synonyms protuberance, hump, lump, bump, knob, protrusion, prominence, projection, bulge, swelling, nodule, node, mass, growth, outgrowth, excrescence 3dialect A thick piece; a hunk. 〈主方〉厚片，大块 一大块面包。 Example sentencesExamples - She blew a kiss to Wolf, called him little robber, and slid a wooden platter between the bars of the cage: two steaming lumps of goat's flesh, with a hunch of bread and a flask of wine.
Synonyms piece, portion, wedge, chunk, hunk, lump, slab, segment
OriginLate 15th century: of unknown origin. The original meaning was ‘push, shove’ (noun and verb), a sense retained now in Scots as a noun, and in US dialect as a verb. Sense 1 of the noun derives probably from a US sense of the verb ‘nudge someone in order to draw attention to something’. |