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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Well son, we are desert animals, we need the humps to store water and we are known to survive without water.
  孩子，我们是沙漠动物，需要驼峰去储存水份。要知道，没有水我们无法生存。
• Why do camels have humps?
  骆驼为什么有驼峰？
• 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。
• As speed-control humps effectively used, they bring side effects on pavements, vehicles and car owners.
  但是减速带在控制车速的同时，也对路面，车辆，车主带来了不利影响。
• There have been some road bumps or speed humps along the way recently with the government looking to introduce a mining resources tax.
  最近澳大利亚正计划推出矿产资源税，这已经为一些企业的发展之路增添了阻碍。
• 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。