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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My humps they got you.
  我的线条吸引著你。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Actually, camels store water in small bags that line the insides of their stomachs, and stores fat in their humps!
  骆驼将水储藏在胃中的水囊里，而在驼峰里贮藏脂肪。