hunch

verb

/hʌntʃ/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they hunch	/hʌntʃ/ /hʌntʃ/
he / she / it hunches	/ˈhʌntʃɪz/ /ˈhʌntʃɪz/
past simple hunched	/hʌntʃt/ /hʌntʃt/
past participle hunched	/hʌntʃt/ /hʌntʃt/
-ing form hunching	/ˈhʌntʃɪŋ/ /ˈhʌntʃɪŋ/

to bend the top part of your body forward and raise your shoulders and back弓身；弓背；耸肩
- (+ adv./prep.) She leaned forward, hunching over the desk.她身体前倾，伏在写字台上。
- hunch something He hunched his shoulders and thrust his hands deep into his pockets.他耸着肩，双手深深地插进衣袋。
Extra Examples
- He hunched over the map.他弯腰查看地图。
- He hunched up his shoulders.他耸起肩膀。
- She hunched forward to see the picture.她弯腰向前看那张照片。
- She sat hunched on the bed all day.她整天弓着背坐在床上。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Hunch is used with these nouns as the object:
back
shoulder
Word Originlate 15th cent.: 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. This sense of the noun probably derives from a US sense of the verb ‘nudge someone in order to draw attention to something’.

hunch

noun

/hʌntʃ/

a feeling that something is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it预感；直觉
- It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right.看起来医生的直觉是对的。
- My hunch is that the burglars are still in the area.我有一种直觉，那些入室窃贼还在此地没走。
- hunch (that)… I had a hunch (that) you’d be back.我有预感你会回来。
- to follow/back your hunches凭直觉做事
Extra Examples
- He decided to back his hunches with serious money.他决定凭直觉下大笔赌注。
- Her hunches were confirmed the next day.第二天她的直觉被证实了。
- I called on a hunch to ask if he had any work for me.我凭直觉打电话问他有没有工作给我做。
- I decided to follow my hunch and come and see you.我决定听从自己的直觉，来这里见你。
- I had a hunch that she was not telling the truth.凭直觉我觉得她没说真话。
- They now have a database of information to back their hunches about customers' preferences.现在有一个信息库来帮助他们证实他们直觉认为的顾客喜好。
- I didn't know for certain—I was just going on a hunch.我也拿不准，我只是凭直觉行事。
- I had a hunch that you might be here.我有预感你可能在这里。
- The detective's hunch had been right.侦探的预感是对的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- strong
verb + hunch
- have
- act on
- follow
- …
preposition
- on a hunch
Word Originlate 15th cent.: 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. This sense of the noun probably derives from a US sense of the verb ‘nudge someone in order to draw attention to something’.