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 said "this one likes to skin his humps."
  他们说，这家伙爱剥人背上的皮
• Disapointments are like road humps.
  失望就好像路拱一样。
• 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。
• He still humps my leg when I watch tv.
  在我看电视的时候，他仍然躺在我的腿上。
• 20 Camels have the opposite problem: Living in hot climates, they want as little heat-trapping insulation as possible, so they concentrate their fat in their humps.
  20.但骆驼却恰恰相反：沙漠气候下，保暖的脂肪越少越好。所以，骆驼的脂肪全都集中在了驼峰上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。