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- lumpy and misshapen; ugly and ponderous臃肿的; 丑陋的; 笨拙的:
her own body was lumpen and awkward.
她的身体臃肿笨拙。
1.1
- boorish and stupid粗鲁的, 愚蠢的。
2
- (in Marxist contexts) uninterested in revolutionary advancement(马克思主义中)流氓无产者的。
plural noun
the lumpen
- the lumpenproletariat流氓无产阶级。
词源
mid 20th cent.: back-formation from LUMPENPROLETARIAT; the sense 'misshapen, ponderous' by association with LUMPISH.