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

• The humps function the same way& storing fat which can be converted to water and energy when sustenance is not available.
  这些驼峰的作用其实都一样&在缺少养料的时候，可以把储存其中的脂肪转化成水和能量。
• Also, most previous dinosaur humps have been found around the shoulders or the centre of the back-this hump is further towards the tail.
  此外，以前发现的恐龙的突起主要分布在肩部或背部中央，而这里的突起则处于尾巴的根部。
• They've got humps and can walk a long time without drinking any water.
  他们有驼峰，能够不喝水而走很长一段时间。
• Like many other municipalities, Philadelphia has tried a variety of devices to slow drivers: real speed humps, traffic circles, curb extensions, rumble strips, slightly raised crosswalks.
  象其它许多城市一样，费城尝试过很多设备让车手减速，用过真正的减速带，交通圈，控制带，橡胶条，略微提升的行人过道。
• Disapointments are like road humps.
  失望就好像路拱一样。
• 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。
• And the humps moved and swelled till they burst, and the crumbled earth poured out of them, and from each hump there came out an animal.
  这些圆丘移动着，膨胀着，直到泥土四溅地炸开后，每个圆丘里都钻出一样动物。
• Why do camels have humps?
  骆驼为什么有驼峰？
• Later that day I found out that my older sister takes them and gives them to my dog, who humps them mutiple times.
  当天晚些时候，我发现原来是我姐姐，把他们交给了我那条对他们数次发起进攻的狗。
• The flattened, extended frequency response obviously changes the tonal character by removing "humps" in the output stage response and producing more high and low end frequencies.
  为平地，扩展频率响应明显改变音调特征，消除“拱”在输出级的反应和生产更多的高，低端的频率。