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hump/hʌmp/ n. & v.●n. 1 a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel etc., or as an abnormality on a person's back 驼峰；(人的)驼背 2 a rounded raised mass of earth etc. 圆丘；冈 3 a mound over which railway vehicles are pushed so as to run by gravity to the required place in a marshalling yard 驼峰调车场(一种列车编组方法，火车以自己的重力从驼峰溜到指定位置) 4 a critical point in an undertaking, ordeal, etc. 紧要关头，困难阶段 5 (prec. by 前接 the) Brit. slang a fit of depression or vexation [英] [俚语]愁闷；烦心 it gives me the hump 这让我觉得发愁 ●v. tr. 1a (often foll. by 常后跟 about) colloq. lift or carry (heavy objects etc.) with difficulty [口] (吃力地)搬起；搬运(重物等) b esp. Austral. hoist up, shoulder (one's pack etc.) [尤澳]抬起；举起；扛 2 make hump-shaped 使隆起 3 annoy, depress 使烦恼；使闷闷不乐 4 coarse slang have sexual intercourse with [粗俗俚语]与…性交 □ live on one's hump colloq. be self-sufficient [口]自食其力；自给自足 □ over the hump over the worst; well begun 已度过最困难时期；好的开端 □ humped adj.□ humpless adj.[17th c.: perhaps related to Low German humpel ‘hump’, Low German humpe, Dutch homp ‘lump, hunk’ (of bread)] |