humps

英 [hʌmps]

美 [hʌmps]

n.  (平面上的)大隆起物; (尤指)土墩，丘，冈; (某些动物的)峰; (尤指)驼峰; (人的)驼背
v.  背负(重物); 与(某人)性交
hump的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小山;小丘;冈
  Ahumpis a small hill or raised area.
  1. The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road.
     小道越过一处傍树的大圆丘，然后沿着一条大路向前延伸。
• N-COUNT （驼）峰
  A camel'shumpis the large lump on its back.
  1. Camels rebuild fat stores in their hump.
     骆驼在自己的驼峰内重新贮备了脂肪。
• （通常指人因疾病或年老形成的）驼背
  Ahumpis a large lump on a person's back, usually caused by illness or old age.
• VERB （费劲地）背负，搬运（重物）
  If youhumpsomething heavy, you carry it from one place to another with great difficulty.
  1. Charlie humped his rucksack up the stairs to his flat.
     查利费力地将背包背到楼上自己的公寓里。
• 与…性交
  Tohumpsomeone means to have sex with them.
• PHRASE 生气;郁闷;恼怒
  If someonegets the hump, they get very annoyed about something.
  1. Fans just get the hump when they lose.
     如果他们输了，球迷便会很恼火。
• PHRASE 已渡过难关;已克服困难;已解决麻烦
  If you say that you areover the hump, you mean that you no longer have a problem or difficulty that was stopping you being successful or happy.
  1. We're basically over the hump. We've got an economy that's likely to grow next year even more than it did in 1992.
     我们基本上渡过了难关。我们明年的经济增长速度甚至可能会超过1992年。

双语例句

• Beyond it the humps and hollows of the 18th fairway could be glimpsed.
  更远处可以望见第18洞球道起伏的山丘与谷地。
• No, aboriginals have poor parodies of eofol or Nighon horses, with humps on their backs.
  不，土著马只是拱着背，是伊欧弗和尼贡马匹的拙劣模仿。
• Don't stay on the humps too long.
  不要在山丘在停留太久。
• Finally he plucked up courage, sat up and peered out between their double humps. All was dark around, he could not see a thing.
  他大着胆子坐起来，从骆驼的双峰间望过去，什么也看不见，四外极黑。
• Why do camels have humps?
  骆驼为什么有驼峰？
• They said "this one likes to skin his humps."
  他们说，这家伙爱剥人背上的皮
• The triangles are known variously as3-D, virtual or just plain fake speed humps.
  这种三角形的东西是所说的各种不同的3维，实际只是纯粹假的最高时速测量器而已。
• On its back it can have either one or two humps which are used for storing food in the form of fat.
  它的背上有一两个驼峰，驼峰的作用是用来储藏脂肪式的食物的。
• The humps on a camel's back are actually huge heaps of fat and flesh that can weigh as much as80 pounds in a healthy camel.
  骆驼背上的驼峰实际上是很多极大的脂肪和肉，一只健康骆驼的驼峰要重80磅。
• People used to think that camels store water in their humps, but this is incorrect.
  人们经常认为骆驼将水储藏在它们的驼峰里。事实上，这种看法是错误的。