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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My humps they got you.
  我的线条吸引著你。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The mountain humps up to 10, 000 feet.
  这座山高达一万英尺。
• Humps are common in dinosaurs, and can be used for heat regulation-when they might look like a kind of sail-for display, or for food storage.
  在恐龙中，突起很普遍，可能是用来调节体温，特别是看起来像帆的那些，也可能是用作展示炫耀或者储存食物。
• In reality, camels don't store water in their humps; they store fat.
  实际上，骆驼并不是把水储存在它们的驼峰里，它们储存的是脂肪。