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Definition of bump in English: bumpnounbʌmpbəmp 1A light blow or a jolting collision. 碰，撞 猛撞了一下头。 Example sentencesExamples - Even with a wheel and pedals, the lack of G-forces, bumps and jolts make the visual elements too detached for me to remain in control.
- I happen to like my knees, but nobody ever accused them of being well protected from bumps and bangs.
- Now she was just getting angry over it all, she felt a bump or some impact as she fell down still crying and not even noticing the change of position or the pain in her lower back.
- In times of bumps, falls and collisions, knees can be susceptible to fractures.
- It's also fully lined with high quality foam to protect your premium ammo from bumps and bangs.
- Although the road from Maneybhanjang to Sandakphu is motorable, it is a wiser choice to hike it rather than suffer the jolts and bumps of the track.
- To prevent the crashes, bumps, thuds, nicks and dings, follow these top ten parking lot driving tactics.
- Let's face it, injuries from collisions, falls, bumps, etc. are not that simple.
- Boring stuff, though I was delighted to find a very small soft camera case for my pencam, to protect it from bumps and knocks when it's in my bag.
- ‘It could have been something as simple as a bump; you know, somebody bumped into someone’.
- A tripod that is too light may be too susceptible to wind and slight bumps.
- It will go in a case - the slightest bump or knock considerably affects the value.
- And many knocks, bumps and detours later here I ride in Honduras, central America.
- Its advanced collision detection ensures that any bumps will probably not kill or severely cripple you.
- He didn't see the scorched metal walls or feel the thuds and bumps as they drove over drift after drift.
- Creakings and the rumbling of wheels could be heard and occasional bumps jolted me.
- The amniotic fluid and membrane cushion the fetus against bumps and jolts to the mother's body.
- During the past eight weeks I have seen two minor bumps and one almost head-on collision.
- He said he had seen a crash and a shunt on Monday and a bump on Tuesday.
- The drive is working well, travels well and absorbs its share of bumps and bangs during daily transit.
Synonyms jolt, collision, crash, smash, smack, crack, thwack, bang, thud, thump, buffet, knock, rap, tap, impact informal whack, bash, wallop - 1.1the bumpsBritish informal (on a person's birthday) a custom by which the person is lifted by the arms and legs and let down on to the ground, once for each year of their age.
〈英，非正式〉（庆祝生日时按岁数计次）抬抛 the children were given the bumps 孩子们被抬起上抛以庆祝他们的生日。 Example sentencesExamples - The other actors sang me the usual and then they gave me the 'bumps', where they had to hold my arms and legs and throw me up in the air.
- Singer Athesia will be given the bumps with the help of DJs Uzi, Emanuelle, Scott C and Chevy Van on the Road and a plethora of visual artists and performers.
- Beth turned 17 on the 5th of September so we gave her the bumps.
- 1.2Rowing (in races where boats make a spaced start one behind another) the point at which a boat begins to overtake or touch the boat ahead, thereby defeating it.
〔划船〕赛船中（后船追前船轻撞其尾就算赢）的追撞 Example sentencesExamples - A good crew will gain a bump every day.
- On gaining a bump, crews move out of the way and cease racing.
- The crew got back on top of Corpus at the Railway Bridge to gain a hard fought bump.
- 1.3Aeronautics A rising air current causing an irregularity in an aircraft's motion.
〔航空〕冲击气流 Example sentencesExamples - With a gentle bump on the bottom, we arrive at minus 500 feet.
- While the bump itself still can be felt, the reaction of the airplane to it can be almost completely dampened out with no change in altitude.
- As soon as they passed over the ridge they experienced a considerable air bump throwing the aircraft suddenly upwards on the windward side.
2A protuberance on a level surface. （平面上的）隆起物；凸块 路面上的凸块。 Example sentencesExamples - How many babies before mine have been jolted awake by the bumps and cracks in the concrete created by unruly tree roots and water damage?
- It is a grassy bump amongst other grassy bumps and is marked with a small cairn.
- He banged his head on the cab when he went over the bumps, and hurt his hip.
- The bus wheel hit a bump, and her forehead made a sharp rapping sound on the glass.
- They claim the bumps impede the movement of emergency vehicles and buses, disturb neighbours and damage cars.
- That said, the sporty T5 version can thump and bang over bad bumps, the downside of its quicker, meatier responses and extra grip.
- Take it from me, when you are being driven over bumps at high speed, the scenery is a blur.
- Confused, she crawled over to the spot and felt on the ground for a bump, a rock, anything.
- The bumps in Leeds Road are irregularly placed, not symmetrical across the carriageway, and in one place it is possible to drive between two bumps.
- As Ellis drives over bumps, she notices, the noise in the car is loud.
- If you hit a major bump, you get bangs from the front suspension reminiscent of the previous model, which was certainly less than perfect dynamically.
- She gazed up at the ceiling above the bed she'd been sleeping on and stared at the numerous bumps, cracks and bubbles.
- Unfortunately, that seal proved no match for the bumps and potholes of New York City streets.
- Gina was jolted awake by the bus going over a bump.
- It went around corners happily, and wasn't badly upset by the sort of suburban ruts and bumps which had the YRV thudding and bumping along.
- Jane didn't remember falling asleep but she must have because she was jerked instantly awake when Ty drove over a large bump.
- The problem is that they do this by forcing the drivers to almost come to a stop before each bump.
- Then, about 30 minutes later, I hit a bump and heard a loud clatter that sounded suspiciously like a cell phone hitting the ground.
- Killy's technique of avalement - literally, swallowing the bumps by thrusting knees outward - was revolutionary for its day.
- Seconds later, a family friend on skis went over the same bump and crashed into Jack after failing to spot him lying in the snow.
Synonyms hump, bulge, lump, knob, knot, projection, prominence, eminence, ridge, protuberance - 2.1 A swelling on the skin, especially one caused by illness or injury.
（皮肤上的）肿块 her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps Example sentencesExamples - A common skin symptom of a food allergy is hives, or raised red itchy bumps on the skin.
- Clumps of itchy or prickly tiny red bumps on the skin that appear with hot humid weather in tropical countries is called miliaria or prickly heat in layman's terms.
- Grass ticks are about the size of a pinhead and cause little reaction other than an itchy bump at the bite site.
- Always looking backwards whilst trying to move forward, you might get a nasty bump or fall down a hole.
- Sciama remembered clearly, as do his colleagues, that on some days Hawking would turn up at the office with a bandage around his head, having fallen heavily and received a nasty bump.
- If you look at the bumps closely, you might see white scales or flakes on them.
- She works for months to build the cracks, bumps and wrinkles on the skins of the figures in her paintings.
- I have this gross bump on my eyelid, and it's so painful.
- Muammar touched the bump on his head gingerly, trying to remember.
- Mine was small, light, and I only had writer's bumps from holding paintbrushes.
- It said the pain should be underneath the bump and the whole bump should go hard.
- I got a huge purple bump on my forehead… and he didn't even ask me out.
- Ouch, those nasty shaving bumps that we can all get from time to time.
- Any lump, be it a mild swelling, a bump, a nodule, or whatever you choose to call it, and wherever you find it, visit your doctor and get it looked at.
- Goose flesh formed on her arms, and Bo began to rub her arms after she noticed the little bumps.
- You have moderate acne if you have swelling, red bumps, or pustules, along with the whiteheads and blackheads.
- Symptoms, such as a tingling feeling, itching, or pain followed by a rash with red bumps and blisters appear only in the area of the skin that the nerve goes to.
- There were no physical injuries except the crew chief got a bump on the head.
- She's going to have a nasty bump on her head when she wakes up, and one hell of a headache.
- Well that's a nasty bump, but nothing serious.
Synonyms swelling, lump, bulge, injury, contusion nodule, node, outgrowth, growth, carbuncle, hunch, excrescence, protuberance, projection technical process, bulla rare tumescence, intumescence, tumefaction - 2.2dated A lump on a person's skull, formerly thought to indicate a particular mental faculty.
〈旧或幽默〉（头盖骨）隆起（以前被认为是智慧和才能象征） Example sentencesExamples - Gall thought that he was able to correlate certain particular mental faculties to bumps and depressions on the surface of the skull.
- Where some people have a bump of direction, I have a small black hole.
- A bump on the skull directly above one of these sections indicates that the particular faculty, called an organ, is more than normally developed.
3US informal An increase. 〈非正式，主美〉增加 there was a bump in the number of outbound flights 出港航班有所增加。 Example sentencesExamples - I think all the polls in the last week since the announcement have shown a slight bump for the ticket, somewhere between three and four points.
- But they say the sales increase would only be a small bump to total industry sales, already exceeding $20 billion.
- Obama checked in at 22 percent, a 4-point bump from the earlier poll.
- And by comparing the two emission bumps, scientists can begin to learn even more.
- Why is it that one candidate is getting a bump in the polls?
- This helped bump it up two spots to the ninth largest in 2003 from the No.11 spot in 2002.
- In the next few years, we're going to see a bump in the population of 12-to 15-year-olds.
- Will it help pave the way for a pullout of troops or a bump up in the polls?
- The average post-convention bump in the polls is, over the last six elections, 7%.
- Given that Christmas is a major moviegoing day, the built-up must see for a movie like this could be expected to reflect a 15%-20% bump on opening day.
- I have every reason to believe it'll be a good change for me - a good bump in pay, a stronger human resources infrastructure, etc.
4(in an online forum) an act of posting on an inactive thread in order to move it to the top of the list of active threads. I'm giving this thread a well-deserved bump 5mass noun A loosely woven fleeced cotton fabric used in upholstery and as lining material. 绒布 Example sentencesExamples - Looking ahead, Valentini says she's exploring other uses for her Bump fabric, possibly as an industrial upholstery or wall covering.
- Yarn used to produce the average cotton bump contains seed contamination which can cause problems with some face fabrics.
- Bleached bump is suitable for white curtains or backgrounds, unbleached for other fabrics when a cream cast will not matter.
verbbʌmpbəmp 1no object Knock or run into someone or something with a jolt. 碰，撞 我差点撞上他。 with object she bumped the girl with her hip 她用屁股撞那女孩。 Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly, three taxicabs raced along both sides of the motorcade, even bumping against the security car.
- The day was almost over they were going out of the water ride when a girl walked out and bumped against Tom.
- The rubber tyres of the wheelchair bumped and banged against the curb as he tried to manoeuvre back onto the pavement.
- He sighed, following her from the room, on the way to the door a red coated man bumped heavily into them, knocking Kirsten to the side and brushing heavily against Kaerin.
- Grace struggled more violently than before, bumping against a table and knocking a large porcelain vase to the floor, where it shattered into a thousand pieces with a loud crash.
- Behind, the young women are fast asleep, their heads gently bumping against each other now and then.
- I stood by the curb of the road and waited for the cars to go by when I caught sight of the girl I bumped in the airport.
- To get bumped or struck by a big fish like this was pretty incredible.
- You should take it easy for the first few days and take special care not to bump or knock the operation site.
- Eventually the kid bumps into someone, their parent immediately glares at the person who's been run into or grudgingly tells their kid to behave who immediately carries on as before.
- The ship heaved a little, bumped gently against the stone wall, the impact absorbed by the bundles of branches, then settled contentedly into her berth.
- I also like how the cars bump and bang into each other, and that if you wreck a guy one week he'll come back and wreck you the next.
- He swayed, bumping against the altar and pitching over it.
- Colouring and flavouring surface baits such as pellets chum mixer and crust can further improve takes, but often species such as carp will bump and knock such baits.
- ‘Hey there,’ he said, bumping against her arm with his.
- Darcy gave a little whimper, and then Austin distinctly heard the sound of something bumping against the tile.
- The couple met three years ago when they literally bumped into each other at a Hampton Court funfair.
- Her smoke curled toward the light over the table where a moth was bumping against the bulb.
- Knocking down the fire-irons, tumbling over the chairs, bumping against the piano, smothering himself among the curtains, wherever she went, there went he.
- Michelle bumped right into the stranger, literally knocking the breath out of her.
Synonyms hit, ram, bang (into), collide with, be in collision with, strike, knock (into), knock against, crash into/against, smash into, slam into, crack into/against, dash against, run into, plough into North American impact - 1.1bump into Meet by chance.
偶尔遇见，邂逅 we might just bump into each other 我们真还可能碰见。 Example sentencesExamples - We've never met, though someday if we do bump into each other we'll manage to get someone to buy us both a drink.
- By chance I happened to bump into the two gentlemen in one of our local establishments.
- Then imagine bumping into the players by chance afterwards to tell them exactly what you thought of their display.
- There is little chance of casually bumping into people, and I can see why stars who crave anonymity choose to live here.
- But, within minutes, he bumps into a local retired poetry teacher.
- After 20 years of drudgery to pay off the loan, she bumps into her rich friend and finally confesses the truth, only to be told that the lost necklace was a fake.
- Because of my disfigured body I chose to swim when there was no chance of bumping into anyone I knew.
- But his complacency comes to an end when he bumps into his childhood piano teacher, who encourages him to audition for him.
- He comes to a reception with his wife, but leaves with another woman - an old friend who bumps into him at the party.
- Isabelle met Calissa at the Astoria Mall to avoid bumping into anyone she may know.
- The two of them bumped into each other completely by chance, which sparked the talks for the documentary film.
- The film, which features local acting talent, was shot in Temple Hill in 2003, and is about a poor single mum who bumps into an old flame.
- Meanwhile, Sadie bumps into Sam and he tells her he is going to be a dad.
- As chance would have it, he bumped into him one day in Parliament Street.
- At the train station, she bumps into her ex-husband Bruno, Viktor's father, by chance.
- At the end of the day, when she actually bumps into him, she is left with a feeling, whether it is still a daydream or sure reality.
- Professor Albeit is about a professor who wants to be a magician but is unhappily stuck teaching mathematics, till he bumps into a beautiful woman.
- I had tried to bump into Roland whenever I got the chance and he had done the same.
- It was great fun and a chance to bump into a few names and faces from the past.
- By chance he bumped into her again that night at another pub and worked up the courage to speak with her.
Synonyms meet (by chance), encounter, meet up with, run into, come across, run across, chance on, stumble on/across, happen on archaic run against - 1.2with object Hurt or damage (something) by striking it on something else.
（通过撞击）伤害，毁坏 she bumped her head on the sink 他头撞到水池受了伤。 Example sentencesExamples - My leg was bumped between boat and wall and though I wasn't hurt it was a nasty shock.
- Mr Lamb had a strong start but disaster struck at Great End when he tripped, gashing his right knee, bumping his head and cracking a couple of ribs.
- The cars jerked and yawed so much that we were constantly bumping our heads or smashing our elbows.
- But in Isabella's case, the disease was only diagnosed when she was taken to hospital after bumping her head when Miss Wagstaff fell downstairs while carrying her.
- One couch was very close to a bookshelf, and Barbara explained to me that bumping your head on this bookshelf was a rite of passage for members of the English Department.
- I instantly pushed myself up, bumping my head on the headboard in the process.
- She hissed quietly as Jessica accidentally bumped her ribcage with her elbow.
- At one point George tells of his struggle ‘I was standing, well not really, I was crouched over trying to stand and kept bumping my head, damn that hurt’.
- What if he bumps his knee and decides to take a little rest without letting you know?
- It provided extra padding, so that when I bumped the finger, it didn't hurt so much.
- If you hadn't been there in time to catch Maddie, she might have bumped her head and done even more serious damage to herself.
- There is an element out there that revels in it anytime some police officer bumps his head.
- IG tells in his book of how, attending a Fund or Bank meeting in Washington, he found Morarji seated on a couch and bumping his head gently against the adjacent wall.
- I think he really thought it was perfectly OK to knock people, to bump people and get by them and go on and win.
- My fingertips hurt and sting if I bump them into things, my shoulder muscles are stiff.
- We all kept bumping our heads on the loopily low ceiling.
- Lee and Luke had promised their mother they would not leave their sisters, but a weeping Sarah bumped her head during their game and set off alone for home with Lee - mindful of his promise - trying to catch up.
- It was thought the boy's knee was injured and he then fell forward and bumped his head and chest.
- I got a nice bump on my foot, and after about a year, it no longer hurt like hell to bump that part of my foot on something.
- She bumps her head and looks at me before she starts to cry.
- A stairway upon which a tall man is in danger of bumping his head is an example of bad art.
- I imagine I'll just spend all of my remaining days bumping my head on things and reaching things on high shelves for people less fortunate than I.
- 1.3Rowing with object (in a race) gain a bump against.
〔划船〕（赛船中）赢得追撞 Example sentencesExamples - In rare circumstances boats are able to bump the boat five places ahead.
- During torpids once a boat has bumped another they must stop racing (as you can bump only one boat per round).
- The object is to catch up to and physically bump the boat in front - or overtake them - before being caught and bumped by the boat behind you.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Move or travel with much jolting. 颠簸 the car bumped along the rutted track 汽车在沟沟坎坎的路上颠簸前进。 Example sentencesExamples - If not for the TV, I was sure I would have been able to hear the box jerk and bump across the attic floor at night.
- As we headed for the forest, we bumped along in a large all-wheel-drive military-type vehicle over the roughest forest roads we'd ever experienced.
- The suspension bumps and thumps loudly and sometimes uncomfortably.
- With the price bumping around the £4 mark after a 10% fall following a relatively heavy volume of trade, it became clear that some investors had voted with their feet.
- This is what happened in those animal skin pouches: as the camels bumped along across the desert, air was incorporated into the whole milk.
- His ancient sword was steadily bumping against his side.
- At one time four-wheel drive vehicles were just muddy workhorses, box-like things used by folk who just liked to bump along tracks or plough across muddy fields.
- It gave Elissa the green light and she walked down quickly, keeping her footsteps light, feeling her knapsack bump lightly against her back.
- He went quiet, and we bumped along in silence for a little while.
- As the car bumped along on our way back to my house, I couldn't suppress a smile.
- The cart still tottered as it bumped along the Mourning Valley.
- He poured clumsily, spilling a good amount of claret as the carriage bumped along.
- Within minutes, we had turned off the main road, bumped along a narrow city street, and come to a stop outside a house.
- My wife, perhaps becoming complacent, went ahead across the steep traverse, lost her footing and slid at terrifyingly high speed, bumping to a halt on some rocks where the terrain levelled and badly grazing her arm.
- They bumped along, going at least eighty on the dark highway.
- When the ambulance finally came, they put her on a stretcher and drove her to the hospital, with us sitting beside her as the car bumped along.
- As the ambulance bumped gently along the jolts in the road on its journey to the hospital Kim tried to keep her eyes closed tight and think of nothing like she was meditating.
- I more or less slept through flight, wakened only occasionally by those Twilight Zone gremlins on the wings that make planes bump and jolt.
- The carriage bumped and jolted on the rough track from the castle.
- But since Deja had bumped along with a skeleton staff for several months, and functioned fine, we wondered if this would really have hurt Google financially.
Synonyms bounce, jolt, jerk, rattle, shake, jounce - 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Push (something) jerkily in a specified direction.
颠簸着推向 she had to bump the pushchair down the steps 她不得不一颠一颠地把婴儿车推下楼梯。 Example sentencesExamples - Lily would back her husband's wheelchair to the steps and then would bump the wheelchair down very steep and narrow ceramic steps to the floor.
- It is a well known fact that cod will respond well to a bright and shiny pirk bumped along the bottom.
- He bumped the stroller up over a curb, and the baby began to cry.
Synonyms nudge, prod, poke, push, elbow, tap
3with object Refuse (a passenger) a reserved place on a flight because of deliberate overbooking by the airline. （航空公司多因故意超额预订而）取消（旅客）订位 if you check in on time and are bumped, you will be entitled to a full refund Example sentencesExamples - So when we meet Carl Weathers, he's on his way to get bumped from a flight so he can get a free airline ticket.
- Don't… try to get voluntarily bumped while traveling with a large group unless you're prepared to split up.
- MEPs want to place a new requirement on airlines to provide significant sums of cash, as well as catering and accommodation, for passengers who are bumped off flights or have them cancelled altogether.
- Sophisticated computer systems are employed to project the number of no-shows, to maximize flight loads and minimize bumped passengers.
- Passengers who are bumped off a flight because it is full, or prevented from boarding because it is cancelled without notice, are therefore entitled to compensation depending on the length of the flight.
- The fine art of airline bumping: Volunteering to be bumped off on an oversold flight isn't quite the bonanza that it used to be.
- The odds of being bumped from a flight are just 1 in 11,628.
- It should also have been a clue that they might have a problem as during the day more and more overbooked passengers were bumped to the next flight.
- Obviously, if all of the passengers do turn up, then the airline has an additional cost to pay as customers have every right to some compensation for being bumped off their flight.
- The European Union has approved a measure guaranteeing automatic compensation for travelers involuntarily bumped from overbooked flights.
- That is sound practice, and this bill makes an airline liable for those delays when it has been a deliberate case of the airline either cancelling a flight or bumping passengers off it.
- The rate of getting bumped is down to one in 600 this year from one in 450 last year, and the odds are slightly higher with Delta and Southwest.
- You're right: You followed the rules and shouldn't have been bumped from the flight.
- Stranded air passengers will be paid up to €600 in compensation for being bumped off flights under new rules introduced yesterday.
- JetBlue and US Airways bumped the fewest passengers of the nation's top 10 airlines.
- Airline passengers who are bumped off flights or suffer serious delays will receive automatic compensation under rules agreed by the EU yesterday.
- 3.1North American Displace from a job or role, especially in favour of someone else.
〈北美〉被迫让位于；被取代 she was bumped for a youthful model 她被迫给年轻模特让位。 Example sentencesExamples - Gore's senior aides were so frustrated that they actually bumped the keynote address out of its prime-time slot.
- They bumped Franklin off of the half dollar and replaced him with Kennedy in 1964.
- Getting bumped is no reflection on MarineMax, which is one of the best-performing public companies in the Tampa Bay area.
- The team has committed heavily to Pena, handing him the first base job and bumping Young off the position shortly after signing Young to a four-year deal.
- You obviously want to bump him off pole position and yet the two of you will be in briefing together.
- I believe they're still the best selling - when last I checked Harry Potter still hadn't quite bumped them out of that spot.
- The end came last Thursday when his weekly column was bumped to accommodate a rant by Andrew Neil about a matter of global significance - Naomi Campbell.
- Because of this, the song is bumped from the first disc with the other essential songs and is instead banished to the weaker second disc.
- When his studio slot was unexpectedly bumped, Bellows started tackling pre-production duties here with guitar god/sound vet Stew Kirkwood.
- Ever since Make Up's release, however, Hot Hot Heat have apparently been trying their damnedest to bump Interpol off the cover of the Post-Fame Jinx Handbook.
- Arizona and British Columbia, Canada both earned A grades in the 2003 version of IMBA's Report Card, bumping Colorado off the top spot for mountain bike advocacy, trails and riding.
- He has decent size, so bumping him off his route at the line is a difficult task.
- CAR boss Bob Quirk and his two-family party were bumped from their luxury hotel just a week before departure - and offered an alternative break at a hotel with a nudist balcony.
- Aging receivers bumped were Jacksonville's Jimmy Smith, Denver's Rod Smith and Oakland's Tim Brown.
- Celtic's bid for European glory bumped Sharon Small off the schedules, and when her cop drama returned to the box she finished the run having to eat lead.
- By comparison, Russia has five current or former world champions and is so deep that Sajidov bumped reigning Olympic champion Adam Saitiev for these games.
- Unfortunately, Korea was bumped off the list of countries that Soldiers could receive the bonus, though Soldiers there are still eligible for a Military Occupational Skill-based bonus, he added.
4with object (in an online forum) post on (an inactive thread) in order to move it to the top of the list of active threads. if no one responds after 24 hours, you can bump your thread
Phrasesbe bumping along the bottom Reach the lowest point in performance or ranking without improving or deteriorating further. 低谷徘徊，盘旋谷底 the economy was still bumping along the bottom 经济形势仍然低迷。 Example sentencesExamples - If you compare us to other schools in the Doncaster area we have gone from bumping along the bottom to now being in mid-table in Doncaster, yet we were placed into special measures.
- If we have had a number of quarters of bumping along the bottom, then it is hardly surprising that growth can now be perceived.
- The European economy will be bumping along the bottom for quite some time before it recovers later next year.
- By contrast, the previous low in 1999 was reached while the price of oil was bumping along the bottom.
- In terms of celebrity, Amanda and Les have been bumping along the bottom on a low-grade notoriety.
- With the economy believed to be bumping along the bottom, such companies might well be a good way of investing in an economic recovery.
- Could it be that the recent sale by Daimler of its MTU aviation engine building business is simply a clearing of the decks in preparation for worse to come from the US, where Chrysler car sales are bumping along the bottom?
- Musically, however, she has bumping along the bottom for years, relying on her eye for the zeitgeist to boost interest.
- With the US economy having been at best bumping along the bottom and media companies suffering from a drastic reduction in advertising revenue, American media moguls have more immediate issues on their mind than bids in Britain.
- The best you can say is that the manufacturing sector is bumping along the bottom.
informal A problem or setback. 〈非正式〉问题；挫折 their relationship has hit another bump in the road 他们的关系又遭遇了一次挫折。 Example sentencesExamples - A film like this doesn't have the luxury of having money thrown at it every time it encounters a bump in the road.
- Maybe this is nothing more than a bump in the road, a mere blip on the sports radar.
- But it was just a bump in the road for Lewis.
- It is not implausible now to see Modernism, for example, as a bump in the road rather than a major alternative tradition.
- Senior administration officials insist the split within the party is just a bump in the road.
- Having to stare at an image for long moments simply in order to decipher what is being shown tends to place a bump in the road of the story.
- Call it a pause or a hiatus or a bump in the road or a dead end.
- This row now is just a bump in the road.
- This is just a bump in the road for the company, but likely one they did not expect.
- Does this president consider failure to pay over $100,000 in taxes a bump in the road?
the scandal brought them down to earth with a bump 丑闻让他们一下子从幻想中清醒过来。 Example sentencesExamples - Walton & Hersham won 6-1 at Chertsey last week, but they were brought down to earth with a bump by a 3-1 home defeat against Leatherhead on Saturday.
- He may stay on in Italy for another couple of days, but the chances are that this afternoon Ivano Bonetti's honeymoon period will end with a bump.
- It brings me right back down to earth with a bump because my life now is so hectic.
- One of the most respected analysts in his field, he has predicted that the housing market is due to come down to the ground with a bump and, more than once, he has been wrong.
- Birmingham came down to earth with a bump after their derby victory over Aston Villa on Monday, losing 1-0 at Middlesbrough to a stunning Franck Queudrue free-kick.
- Well the party had to stop some time, and England's high-flying cricketers have already been brought back to earth with a bump after their abject batting against the Patron's XI last week.
- It's been the same for the past four years; over the nine summer weeks, I pass quickly through the Big Brother stages of boredom, rejection, revision, adulation and elation, only to come down to earth with a bump when it ends.
- After a convincing start to the season last week, Leigh RU came down to earth with a bump, beaten 15-7 by newly promoted Bowdon.
- Newly promoted Gimcrack came back down to earth with a bump with a 5-0 thrashing from visitors St John's College in division one of the York and District Sunday Afternoon league.
- Top-flight newcomers Brasenose came down to earth with a bump, losing 32-8 to a well-drilled Keble side who dominated a bad-tempered game in the University Parks this Tuesday.
Phrasal Verbs he would try and bump the blackmailer off Example sentencesExamples - That cheeky little scamp Claude Raines, for instance, went on a murderous rampage, and sizzling Kevin Bacon discovered the joy of now you see me, now you don't sex before he too went a bit bonkers and started bumping people off.
- You know the formula - nasty psychopath bumps off nice young girls in appalling ways.
- The study found that it wasn't feuding Mafia types paying to bump someone off, but angry spouses and jilted lovers.
- Instead of bumping Ruby off, let the character develop-and hang on to Jesneck and Eustis.
- But you don't get George Clooney going round bumping people off in ER.
- If a human life begins at the moment of the fusion of the gametes, then experimenting on embryos and subsequently discarding them is morally equivalent to experimenting on human beings before bumping them off.
- Relatives of people who have critical illnesses where there are no cures are being sent a signal that it is ok to bump them off.
- If you were caught out of doors after hours, the Tans could bump you off.
- Ten strangers are trapped by a rainstorm at an isolated desert hotel and someone starts bumping them off until they eventually turn on each other.
- If I didn't know for a fact that they cannot survive without me I might start thinking that my dog and my sickie are in a cahoot to bump me off for my Insurance policy.
Synonyms kill, murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute
Increase something. 〈非正式〉使增加 the hotel may well bump up the bill 旅馆很可能多开账。 Example sentencesExamples - Then it occurred to me that ‘Take Me Out’ by Franz Ferdinand was also released this year, so the list was immediately bumped up to SIX.
- At the last moment though I realised that some kind of DVD authoring software might be needed so the budget was unexpectedly bumped up by £25 based on a quick search around the web.
- But why bump up the penalties for simple possession of objectionable material to 5 years?
- It's actually a better bet that the next time the price of a barrel of oil has a two in it is when it hits $200-and it's a dead cert that high fuel prices are bumping up the price of everything with a transport component in it.
- Does the press gallery bump up the significance of a potential challenge because it provides such good copy and provocative sound bites?
- A well-executed ad campaign bumps up the impact of demos and other traditional labor activities.
- That also helped bump up gross margins from 17.1 per cent to 17.7 per cent sequentially.
- That's how Congress has always dealt with threats: give more money to the Feds for investigation and enforcement, bump up the penalties, and let the evil bastards rot.
- Such progress helped bump up annual 2003 pre-tax profits by a hefty 21% to €4.8b.
- Whatever the case, Qantas, in capitalising expenses, has been bumping up its net profit in the past couple of years by up to 15 per cent, though it doesn't state this.
- Say no, and bump up their school's truancy statistics?
- Guns lead to other crimes such as robbery & kidnapping so this bumps up their figure.
- As a result of the game, Kansas got bumped up to #1, Maryland moved to #2 and Duke dropped to #3.
- The subject of employing a company to organize the event was also raised to increase public relations and bump up the numbers of competitors.
- Firms surveyed said the rollout of new products had boosted demand both at home and abroad, with customers in Britain and eastern Europe bumping up their spending on Irish-produced goods.
- And bumping up the superannuation surcharge on the well-off is hardly justified when one of the biggest imbalances in the economy is between savings and investment.
- Even Angus MacKay, the Scottish finance minister and local government minister, acknowledged in a letter to Donald Gorrie MSP that most of the rent relief is being lost to landlords who are bumping up rentals.
Synonyms add to, make larger, make bigger, make greater, augment, supplement, top up, build up, enlarge, expand, extend, raise, multiply, elevate, swell, inflate
OriginMid 16th century (as a verb): imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin. jump from early 16th century: Like bump (mid 16th century) and thump (mid 16th century), jump was probably formed because it ‘sounded right’, and seemed to express the sound of feet hitting the ground. It was first used around 1500. To jump the gun, or act too soon, comes from the idea of an athlete starting a race a split-second before they hear the starting gun. A jumpsuit was a term first used in the USA in the 1940s for the outfit worn by parachutists when making their jumps. Jumper (mid 19th century) is unrelated. In the 19th century it was a loose outer jacket worn by sailors and is now a woollen jersey in UK English, but a style of dress in the USA. It may come from Scots jupe, ‘a loose jacket or tunic’, which in turn came through French from Arabic jubba.
Rhymeschump, clump, crump, dump, flump, frump, gazump, grump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump Definition of bump in US English: bumpnounbəmpbəmp 1A light blow or a jolting collision. 碰，撞 猛撞了一下头。 Example sentencesExamples - Its advanced collision detection ensures that any bumps will probably not kill or severely cripple you.
- Creakings and the rumbling of wheels could be heard and occasional bumps jolted me.
- I happen to like my knees, but nobody ever accused them of being well protected from bumps and bangs.
- During the past eight weeks I have seen two minor bumps and one almost head-on collision.
- To prevent the crashes, bumps, thuds, nicks and dings, follow these top ten parking lot driving tactics.
- He didn't see the scorched metal walls or feel the thuds and bumps as they drove over drift after drift.
- Boring stuff, though I was delighted to find a very small soft camera case for my pencam, to protect it from bumps and knocks when it's in my bag.
- A tripod that is too light may be too susceptible to wind and slight bumps.
- It will go in a case - the slightest bump or knock considerably affects the value.
- Even with a wheel and pedals, the lack of G-forces, bumps and jolts make the visual elements too detached for me to remain in control.
- In times of bumps, falls and collisions, knees can be susceptible to fractures.
- Now she was just getting angry over it all, she felt a bump or some impact as she fell down still crying and not even noticing the change of position or the pain in her lower back.
- And many knocks, bumps and detours later here I ride in Honduras, central America.
- The amniotic fluid and membrane cushion the fetus against bumps and jolts to the mother's body.
- ‘It could have been something as simple as a bump; you know, somebody bumped into someone’.
- He said he had seen a crash and a shunt on Monday and a bump on Tuesday.
- Let's face it, injuries from collisions, falls, bumps, etc. are not that simple.
- It's also fully lined with high quality foam to protect your premium ammo from bumps and bangs.
- Although the road from Maneybhanjang to Sandakphu is motorable, it is a wiser choice to hike it rather than suffer the jolts and bumps of the track.
- The drive is working well, travels well and absorbs its share of bumps and bangs during daily transit.
Synonyms jolt, collision, crash, smash, smack, crack, thwack, bang, thud, thump, buffet, knock, rap, tap, impact - 1.1Aeronautics A rising air current causing an irregularity in an aircraft's motion.
〔航空〕冲击气流 Example sentencesExamples - As soon as they passed over the ridge they experienced a considerable air bump throwing the aircraft suddenly upwards on the windward side.
- With a gentle bump on the bottom, we arrive at minus 500 feet.
- While the bump itself still can be felt, the reaction of the airplane to it can be almost completely dampened out with no change in altitude.
- 1.2 The dull sound of a light blow or jolting collision.
碰，撞 Example sentencesExamples - It was very light, didn't feel anything but heard the bump.
- This song is like the loud bump in the night that jolts one awake in utter fear.
- Don't wander, alone, through separate rooms, guessing at the meaning of bumps and thumps and footsteps.
- They disappeared into the disco crowd with a thump and a bump.
- She awoke with a start, the ship ringing from the thuds and bumps of docking clamps latching onto the airlock ring.
- You'll hear thuds and bumps associated with the original transcription discs.
- The downside is the way you can hear the suspension's bumps and bangs, especially when dipping into holes in the road, and a constant roar of tyres.
- It knocked her elbow hard enough to make a loud bump sound.
- From within the bathroom, still dark, came the sound of splashing water, and the bump and gurgle of the taps.
- There's a bump, then the sound of wheels along the ground.
- The next he heard a bump and saw a propeller flying away from the plane.
- He said later, after being carpeted by the editor and having to apologise to the woman, that he distinctly heard the bump as she dropped the phone and a louder bump as she fainted.
- I heard the bump as the truck drove over the bridge.
- A moment later a not-so-gentle bump reverberated through the ship as it touched down on the unruly ice.
- Dark black smooth side begins with a similar set of sounds: a bump, a crumple, and a muffled something.
- ‘I heard a noise but we hear so many bumps and bangs you don't go rushing out every time,’ he said.
- There were a few bumps, a thud, some sounds of grinding and gas escaping, and then a piercing whine that gradually died down into nothing.
- He heard a bump behind him and saw that the elf had slipped from his seat onto the ground.
2A protuberance on a level surface. （平面上的）隆起物；凸块 路面上的凸块。 Example sentencesExamples - Confused, she crawled over to the spot and felt on the ground for a bump, a rock, anything.
- As Ellis drives over bumps, she notices, the noise in the car is loud.
- Gina was jolted awake by the bus going over a bump.
- Then, about 30 minutes later, I hit a bump and heard a loud clatter that sounded suspiciously like a cell phone hitting the ground.
- The bumps in Leeds Road are irregularly placed, not symmetrical across the carriageway, and in one place it is possible to drive between two bumps.
- Killy's technique of avalement - literally, swallowing the bumps by thrusting knees outward - was revolutionary for its day.
- Take it from me, when you are being driven over bumps at high speed, the scenery is a blur.
- Unfortunately, that seal proved no match for the bumps and potholes of New York City streets.
- How many babies before mine have been jolted awake by the bumps and cracks in the concrete created by unruly tree roots and water damage?
- That said, the sporty T5 version can thump and bang over bad bumps, the downside of its quicker, meatier responses and extra grip.
- Seconds later, a family friend on skis went over the same bump and crashed into Jack after failing to spot him lying in the snow.
- She gazed up at the ceiling above the bed she'd been sleeping on and stared at the numerous bumps, cracks and bubbles.
- Jane didn't remember falling asleep but she must have because she was jerked instantly awake when Ty drove over a large bump.
- If you hit a major bump, you get bangs from the front suspension reminiscent of the previous model, which was certainly less than perfect dynamically.
- He banged his head on the cab when he went over the bumps, and hurt his hip.
- They claim the bumps impede the movement of emergency vehicles and buses, disturb neighbours and damage cars.
- The bus wheel hit a bump, and her forehead made a sharp rapping sound on the glass.
- It went around corners happily, and wasn't badly upset by the sort of suburban ruts and bumps which had the YRV thudding and bumping along.
- It is a grassy bump amongst other grassy bumps and is marked with a small cairn.
- The problem is that they do this by forcing the drivers to almost come to a stop before each bump.
Synonyms hump, bulge, lump, knob, knot, projection, prominence, eminence, ridge, protuberance - 2.1 A swelling on the skin, especially one caused by illness or injury.
（皮肤上的）肿块 Example sentencesExamples - Symptoms, such as a tingling feeling, itching, or pain followed by a rash with red bumps and blisters appear only in the area of the skin that the nerve goes to.
- Sciama remembered clearly, as do his colleagues, that on some days Hawking would turn up at the office with a bandage around his head, having fallen heavily and received a nasty bump.
- She works for months to build the cracks, bumps and wrinkles on the skins of the figures in her paintings.
- Well that's a nasty bump, but nothing serious.
- If you look at the bumps closely, you might see white scales or flakes on them.
- She's going to have a nasty bump on her head when she wakes up, and one hell of a headache.
- Grass ticks are about the size of a pinhead and cause little reaction other than an itchy bump at the bite site.
- Goose flesh formed on her arms, and Bo began to rub her arms after she noticed the little bumps.
- You have moderate acne if you have swelling, red bumps, or pustules, along with the whiteheads and blackheads.
- Always looking backwards whilst trying to move forward, you might get a nasty bump or fall down a hole.
- Muammar touched the bump on his head gingerly, trying to remember.
- I got a huge purple bump on my forehead… and he didn't even ask me out.
- There were no physical injuries except the crew chief got a bump on the head.
- Any lump, be it a mild swelling, a bump, a nodule, or whatever you choose to call it, and wherever you find it, visit your doctor and get it looked at.
- Clumps of itchy or prickly tiny red bumps on the skin that appear with hot humid weather in tropical countries is called miliaria or prickly heat in layman's terms.
- I have this gross bump on my eyelid, and it's so painful.
- Mine was small, light, and I only had writer's bumps from holding paintbrushes.
- Ouch, those nasty shaving bumps that we can all get from time to time.
- It said the pain should be underneath the bump and the whole bump should go hard.
- A common skin symptom of a food allergy is hives, or raised red itchy bumps on the skin.
Synonyms swelling, lump, bulge, injury, contusion - 2.2dated A lump on a person's skull, formerly thought to indicate a particular mental faculty.
〈旧或幽默〉（头盖骨）隆起（以前被认为是智慧和才能象征） Example sentencesExamples - Gall thought that he was able to correlate certain particular mental faculties to bumps and depressions on the surface of the skull.
- A bump on the skull directly above one of these sections indicates that the particular faculty, called an organ, is more than normally developed.
- Where some people have a bump of direction, I have a small black hole.
3US informal An increase. 〈非正式，主美〉增加 Example sentencesExamples - But they say the sales increase would only be a small bump to total industry sales, already exceeding $20 billion.
- Given that Christmas is a major moviegoing day, the built-up must see for a movie like this could be expected to reflect a 15%-20% bump on opening day.
- This helped bump it up two spots to the ninth largest in 2003 from the No.11 spot in 2002.
- Why is it that one candidate is getting a bump in the polls?
- I have every reason to believe it'll be a good change for me - a good bump in pay, a stronger human resources infrastructure, etc.
- Will it help pave the way for a pullout of troops or a bump up in the polls?
- In the next few years, we're going to see a bump in the population of 12-to 15-year-olds.
- I think all the polls in the last week since the announcement have shown a slight bump for the ticket, somewhere between three and four points.
- Obama checked in at 22 percent, a 4-point bump from the earlier poll.
- And by comparing the two emission bumps, scientists can begin to learn even more.
- The average post-convention bump in the polls is, over the last six elections, 7%.
4(in an online forum) an act of posting on an inactive thread in order to move it to the top of the list of active threads. I'm giving this thread a well-deserved bump 5A loosely woven fleeced cotton fabric used in upholstery and as lining material. 绒布 Example sentencesExamples - Yarn used to produce the average cotton bump contains seed contamination which can cause problems with some face fabrics.
- Looking ahead, Valentini says she's exploring other uses for her Bump fabric, possibly as an industrial upholstery or wall covering.
- Bleached bump is suitable for white curtains or backgrounds, unbleached for other fabrics when a cream cast will not matter.
verbbəmpbəmp 1no object Knock or run into someone or something with a jolt. 碰，撞 我差点撞上他。 with object she bumped the girl with her hip 她用屁股撞那女孩。 Example sentencesExamples - Michelle bumped right into the stranger, literally knocking the breath out of her.
- He swayed, bumping against the altar and pitching over it.
- To get bumped or struck by a big fish like this was pretty incredible.
- I also like how the cars bump and bang into each other, and that if you wreck a guy one week he'll come back and wreck you the next.
- You should take it easy for the first few days and take special care not to bump or knock the operation site.
- Eventually the kid bumps into someone, their parent immediately glares at the person who's been run into or grudgingly tells their kid to behave who immediately carries on as before.
- Suddenly, three taxicabs raced along both sides of the motorcade, even bumping against the security car.
- The ship heaved a little, bumped gently against the stone wall, the impact absorbed by the bundles of branches, then settled contentedly into her berth.
- The day was almost over they were going out of the water ride when a girl walked out and bumped against Tom.
- Knocking down the fire-irons, tumbling over the chairs, bumping against the piano, smothering himself among the curtains, wherever she went, there went he.
- Grace struggled more violently than before, bumping against a table and knocking a large porcelain vase to the floor, where it shattered into a thousand pieces with a loud crash.
- Colouring and flavouring surface baits such as pellets chum mixer and crust can further improve takes, but often species such as carp will bump and knock such baits.
- Darcy gave a little whimper, and then Austin distinctly heard the sound of something bumping against the tile.
- The rubber tyres of the wheelchair bumped and banged against the curb as he tried to manoeuvre back onto the pavement.
- I stood by the curb of the road and waited for the cars to go by when I caught sight of the girl I bumped in the airport.
- Her smoke curled toward the light over the table where a moth was bumping against the bulb.
- He sighed, following her from the room, on the way to the door a red coated man bumped heavily into them, knocking Kirsten to the side and brushing heavily against Kaerin.
- Behind, the young women are fast asleep, their heads gently bumping against each other now and then.
- ‘Hey there,’ he said, bumping against her arm with his.
- The couple met three years ago when they literally bumped into each other at a Hampton Court funfair.
Synonyms hit, ram, bang, bang into, collide with, be in collision with, strike, knock, knock into, knock against, crash against, crash into, smash into, slam into, crack against, crack into, dash against, run into, plough into - 1.1bump into Meet by chance.
偶尔遇见，邂逅 we might just bump into each other 我们真还可能碰见。 Example sentencesExamples - After 20 years of drudgery to pay off the loan, she bumps into her rich friend and finally confesses the truth, only to be told that the lost necklace was a fake.
- The two of them bumped into each other completely by chance, which sparked the talks for the documentary film.
- He comes to a reception with his wife, but leaves with another woman - an old friend who bumps into him at the party.
- By chance I happened to bump into the two gentlemen in one of our local establishments.
- But, within minutes, he bumps into a local retired poetry teacher.
- But his complacency comes to an end when he bumps into his childhood piano teacher, who encourages him to audition for him.
- The film, which features local acting talent, was shot in Temple Hill in 2003, and is about a poor single mum who bumps into an old flame.
- At the train station, she bumps into her ex-husband Bruno, Viktor's father, by chance.
- I had tried to bump into Roland whenever I got the chance and he had done the same.
- Then imagine bumping into the players by chance afterwards to tell them exactly what you thought of their display.
- At the end of the day, when she actually bumps into him, she is left with a feeling, whether it is still a daydream or sure reality.
- It was great fun and a chance to bump into a few names and faces from the past.
- Isabelle met Calissa at the Astoria Mall to avoid bumping into anyone she may know.
- There is little chance of casually bumping into people, and I can see why stars who crave anonymity choose to live here.
- Because of my disfigured body I chose to swim when there was no chance of bumping into anyone I knew.
- As chance would have it, he bumped into him one day in Parliament Street.
- By chance he bumped into her again that night at another pub and worked up the courage to speak with her.
- Meanwhile, Sadie bumps into Sam and he tells her he is going to be a dad.
- We've never met, though someday if we do bump into each other we'll manage to get someone to buy us both a drink.
- Professor Albeit is about a professor who wants to be a magician but is unhappily stuck teaching mathematics, till he bumps into a beautiful woman.
Synonyms meet, meet by chance, encounter, meet up with, run into, come across, run across, chance on, stumble across, stumble on, happen on - 1.2with object Hurt or damage (something) by striking or knocking it against something else.
（通过撞击）伤害，毁坏 she bumped her head on the sink 他头撞到水池受了伤。 Example sentencesExamples - We all kept bumping our heads on the loopily low ceiling.
- I imagine I'll just spend all of my remaining days bumping my head on things and reaching things on high shelves for people less fortunate than I.
- If you hadn't been there in time to catch Maddie, she might have bumped her head and done even more serious damage to herself.
- IG tells in his book of how, attending a Fund or Bank meeting in Washington, he found Morarji seated on a couch and bumping his head gently against the adjacent wall.
- What if he bumps his knee and decides to take a little rest without letting you know?
- It provided extra padding, so that when I bumped the finger, it didn't hurt so much.
- The cars jerked and yawed so much that we were constantly bumping our heads or smashing our elbows.
- My fingertips hurt and sting if I bump them into things, my shoulder muscles are stiff.
- But in Isabella's case, the disease was only diagnosed when she was taken to hospital after bumping her head when Miss Wagstaff fell downstairs while carrying her.
- A stairway upon which a tall man is in danger of bumping his head is an example of bad art.
- One couch was very close to a bookshelf, and Barbara explained to me that bumping your head on this bookshelf was a rite of passage for members of the English Department.
- My leg was bumped between boat and wall and though I wasn't hurt it was a nasty shock.
- I got a nice bump on my foot, and after about a year, it no longer hurt like hell to bump that part of my foot on something.
- At one point George tells of his struggle ‘I was standing, well not really, I was crouched over trying to stand and kept bumping my head, damn that hurt’.
- I instantly pushed myself up, bumping my head on the headboard in the process.
- She hissed quietly as Jessica accidentally bumped her ribcage with her elbow.
- It was thought the boy's knee was injured and he then fell forward and bumped his head and chest.
- Mr Lamb had a strong start but disaster struck at Great End when he tripped, gashing his right knee, bumping his head and cracking a couple of ribs.
- Lee and Luke had promised their mother they would not leave their sisters, but a weeping Sarah bumped her head during their game and set off alone for home with Lee - mindful of his promise - trying to catch up.
- There is an element out there that revels in it anytime some police officer bumps his head.
- She bumps her head and looks at me before she starts to cry.
- I think he really thought it was perfectly OK to knock people, to bump people and get by them and go on and win.
- 1.3with object Cause to collide with something.
引起碰撞 she went through the door, bumping the bag against it 她出门时把包撞在了门上。 Example sentencesExamples - I am a mad and mean bending over machine, and I will most likely spend the majority of my weekend bumping my belly into walls and countertops JUST BECAUSE I CAN.
- They are bumping their pelvis against the male in a sort of I'm trying to keep warm and tease you at the same time kind of a way.
- Zoë learned an important lesson about New York manners when a woman making her way down the aisle bumped her purse against Zoë's feet and went on.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Move or travel with much jolting and jarring. 颠簸 the car bumped along the rutted track 汽车在沟沟坎坎的路上颠簸前进。 Example sentencesExamples - His ancient sword was steadily bumping against his side.
- As we headed for the forest, we bumped along in a large all-wheel-drive military-type vehicle over the roughest forest roads we'd ever experienced.
- My wife, perhaps becoming complacent, went ahead across the steep traverse, lost her footing and slid at terrifyingly high speed, bumping to a halt on some rocks where the terrain levelled and badly grazing her arm.
- This is what happened in those animal skin pouches: as the camels bumped along across the desert, air was incorporated into the whole milk.
- I more or less slept through flight, wakened only occasionally by those Twilight Zone gremlins on the wings that make planes bump and jolt.
- The suspension bumps and thumps loudly and sometimes uncomfortably.
- Within minutes, we had turned off the main road, bumped along a narrow city street, and come to a stop outside a house.
- It gave Elissa the green light and she walked down quickly, keeping her footsteps light, feeling her knapsack bump lightly against her back.
- If not for the TV, I was sure I would have been able to hear the box jerk and bump across the attic floor at night.
- With the price bumping around the £4 mark after a 10% fall following a relatively heavy volume of trade, it became clear that some investors had voted with their feet.
- As the ambulance bumped gently along the jolts in the road on its journey to the hospital Kim tried to keep her eyes closed tight and think of nothing like she was meditating.
- He poured clumsily, spilling a good amount of claret as the carriage bumped along.
- The cart still tottered as it bumped along the Mourning Valley.
- But since Deja had bumped along with a skeleton staff for several months, and functioned fine, we wondered if this would really have hurt Google financially.
- When the ambulance finally came, they put her on a stretcher and drove her to the hospital, with us sitting beside her as the car bumped along.
- As the car bumped along on our way back to my house, I couldn't suppress a smile.
- The carriage bumped and jolted on the rough track from the castle.
- They bumped along, going at least eighty on the dark highway.
- At one time four-wheel drive vehicles were just muddy workhorses, box-like things used by folk who just liked to bump along tracks or plough across muddy fields.
- He went quiet, and we bumped along in silence for a little while.
Synonyms bounce, jolt, jerk, rattle, shake, jounce - 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Push (something) jerkily in a specified direction.
颠簸着推向 she had to bump the wheelchair down the steps 她不得不一颠一颠地把婴儿车推下楼梯。 Example sentencesExamples - Lily would back her husband's wheelchair to the steps and then would bump the wheelchair down very steep and narrow ceramic steps to the floor.
- It is a well known fact that cod will respond well to a bright and shiny pirk bumped along the bottom.
- He bumped the stroller up over a curb, and the baby began to cry.
Synonyms nudge, prod, poke, push, elbow, tap
3with object Refuse (a passenger) a reserved place on a flight because of deliberate overbooking by the airline. （航空公司多因故意超额预订而）取消（旅客）订位 if you check in on time and are bumped, you will be entitled to a full refund Example sentencesExamples - MEPs want to place a new requirement on airlines to provide significant sums of cash, as well as catering and accommodation, for passengers who are bumped off flights or have them cancelled altogether.
- The fine art of airline bumping: Volunteering to be bumped off on an oversold flight isn't quite the bonanza that it used to be.
- Stranded air passengers will be paid up to €600 in compensation for being bumped off flights under new rules introduced yesterday.
- The rate of getting bumped is down to one in 600 this year from one in 450 last year, and the odds are slightly higher with Delta and Southwest.
- Airline passengers who are bumped off flights or suffer serious delays will receive automatic compensation under rules agreed by the EU yesterday.
- That is sound practice, and this bill makes an airline liable for those delays when it has been a deliberate case of the airline either cancelling a flight or bumping passengers off it.
- The European Union has approved a measure guaranteeing automatic compensation for travelers involuntarily bumped from overbooked flights.
- Passengers who are bumped off a flight because it is full, or prevented from boarding because it is cancelled without notice, are therefore entitled to compensation depending on the length of the flight.
- You're right: You followed the rules and shouldn't have been bumped from the flight.
- The odds of being bumped from a flight are just 1 in 11,628.
- JetBlue and US Airways bumped the fewest passengers of the nation's top 10 airlines.
- Obviously, if all of the passengers do turn up, then the airline has an additional cost to pay as customers have every right to some compensation for being bumped off their flight.
- So when we meet Carl Weathers, he's on his way to get bumped from a flight so he can get a free airline ticket.
- It should also have been a clue that they might have a problem as during the day more and more overbooked passengers were bumped to the next flight.
- Don't… try to get voluntarily bumped while traveling with a large group unless you're prepared to split up.
- Sophisticated computer systems are employed to project the number of no-shows, to maximize flight loads and minimize bumped passengers.
- 3.1North American Displace from a job or role, especially in favor of someone else.
〈北美〉被迫让位于；被取代 she was bumped for a youthful model 她被迫给年轻模特让位。 Example sentencesExamples - The team has committed heavily to Pena, handing him the first base job and bumping Young off the position shortly after signing Young to a four-year deal.
- Getting bumped is no reflection on MarineMax, which is one of the best-performing public companies in the Tampa Bay area.
- Because of this, the song is bumped from the first disc with the other essential songs and is instead banished to the weaker second disc.
- They bumped Franklin off of the half dollar and replaced him with Kennedy in 1964.
- Arizona and British Columbia, Canada both earned A grades in the 2003 version of IMBA's Report Card, bumping Colorado off the top spot for mountain bike advocacy, trails and riding.
- He has decent size, so bumping him off his route at the line is a difficult task.
- The end came last Thursday when his weekly column was bumped to accommodate a rant by Andrew Neil about a matter of global significance - Naomi Campbell.
- Ever since Make Up's release, however, Hot Hot Heat have apparently been trying their damnedest to bump Interpol off the cover of the Post-Fame Jinx Handbook.
- CAR boss Bob Quirk and his two-family party were bumped from their luxury hotel just a week before departure - and offered an alternative break at a hotel with a nudist balcony.
- Unfortunately, Korea was bumped off the list of countries that Soldiers could receive the bonus, though Soldiers there are still eligible for a Military Occupational Skill-based bonus, he added.
- Gore's senior aides were so frustrated that they actually bumped the keynote address out of its prime-time slot.
- When his studio slot was unexpectedly bumped, Bellows started tackling pre-production duties here with guitar god/sound vet Stew Kirkwood.
- By comparison, Russia has five current or former world champions and is so deep that Sajidov bumped reigning Olympic champion Adam Saitiev for these games.
- You obviously want to bump him off pole position and yet the two of you will be in briefing together.
- Aging receivers bumped were Jacksonville's Jimmy Smith, Denver's Rod Smith and Oakland's Tim Brown.
- I believe they're still the best selling - when last I checked Harry Potter still hadn't quite bumped them out of that spot.
- Celtic's bid for European glory bumped Sharon Small off the schedules, and when her cop drama returned to the box she finished the run having to eat lead.
4with object (in an online forum) post on (an inactive thread) in order to move it to the top of the list of active threads. if no one responds after 24 hours, you can bump your thread
Phrasesinformal A problem or setback. 〈非正式〉问题；挫折 their relationship has hit another bump in the road 他们的关系又遭遇了一次挫折。 Example sentencesExamples - It is not implausible now to see Modernism, for example, as a bump in the road rather than a major alternative tradition.
- This is just a bump in the road for the company, but likely one they did not expect.
- But it was just a bump in the road for Lewis.
- Does this president consider failure to pay over $100,000 in taxes a bump in the road?
- Maybe this is nothing more than a bump in the road, a mere blip on the sports radar.
- Having to stare at an image for long moments simply in order to decipher what is being shown tends to place a bump in the road of the story.
- Call it a pause or a hiatus or a bump in the road or a dead end.
- Senior administration officials insist the split within the party is just a bump in the road.
- A film like this doesn't have the luxury of having money thrown at it every time it encounters a bump in the road.
- This row now is just a bump in the road.
Phrasal VerbsExample sentencesExamples - Ten strangers are trapped by a rainstorm at an isolated desert hotel and someone starts bumping them off until they eventually turn on each other.
- If a human life begins at the moment of the fusion of the gametes, then experimenting on embryos and subsequently discarding them is morally equivalent to experimenting on human beings before bumping them off.
- If I didn't know for a fact that they cannot survive without me I might start thinking that my dog and my sickie are in a cahoot to bump me off for my Insurance policy.
- But you don't get George Clooney going round bumping people off in ER.
- The study found that it wasn't feuding Mafia types paying to bump someone off, but angry spouses and jilted lovers.
- That cheeky little scamp Claude Raines, for instance, went on a murderous rampage, and sizzling Kevin Bacon discovered the joy of now you see me, now you don't sex before he too went a bit bonkers and started bumping people off.
- If you were caught out of doors after hours, the Tans could bump you off.
- Relatives of people who have critical illnesses where there are no cures are being sent a signal that it is ok to bump them off.
- You know the formula - nasty psychopath bumps off nice young girls in appalling ways.
- Instead of bumping Ruby off, let the character develop-and hang on to Jesneck and Eustis.
Synonyms kill, murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute
Move someone to a higher level or status; promote. he was a writer for nine years before he was bumped up to editor Example sentencesExamples - Joey Macco is still leader and he's still maintaining 1st command and that bumps you up to 2nd in command, Clark West being 3rd, and Kate Hampton is 4th.
- The deal bumps Mediacom up to eighth-largest MSO from ninth-largest, putting it on par with Insight Communications, which serves about 1.4 million customers.
- The more exposure Juan Rivera gets, the more he gets exposed, and that bumps Brandon Claussen up to the top of any dance partner's wish list.
- That has bumped him up to a celebrity status… and that is why I requested an investigation.
- Was in the office by 8: 30 am, plowed through what I didn't finish yesterday and then, during a phone call with my new boss, learned that I'm getting the new job I've been after and they're bumping me up to a mutually satisfactory comp level.
- The mirror scene, however, bumped him up a level to the degree that some of his acting in the previous scenes could be interpreted as understated rather than underachieved.
- Keep up this ‘sanity’ charade a little longer and I'll bump you up to girlfriend status.
- Your boss will bump you up from $7 an hour to $8 an hour.
- The only consolation is that political scientists occasionally tire of ranking him last and, just for the heck of it, bump him up to next-to-worst president, with Warren Harding assuming the bottom slot on the greasy pole.
- A year later the company promoted him to VP / GM of its 34,000-subscriber system in Philadelphia, bumping him up to regional president in 1987.
1Make larger, greater, or more numerous; increase. they finally agreed to bump up her salary Example sentencesExamples - Realistically, however, it would mean bumping prices up to more competitive levels.
- Any change in currency bumps prices up, we all remember the introduction of the decimal system, and the euro has had exactly the same effect.
- So if you're a pregnant celebrity, and you want to your new born child to help bump up your Q rating, what can you do?
Synonyms add to, make larger, make bigger, make greater, augment, supplement, top up, build up, enlarge, expand, extend, raise, multiply, elevate, swell, inflate 2Make, complete, or release earlier than planned or expected. the date of publication was bumped up Example sentencesExamples - Taking a cue from Eminem, Nas has bumped up the release of his album to counter bootlegging.
- For example, England bumped up the date of publication, and they turned it around in like three weeks.
- But moving up the primary in Illinois also bumped up the date of the filing process for state and federal politicians.
OriginMid 16th century (as a verb): imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin. |