bump

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n. 撞击, 肿块 vt. 碰撞 vi. 撞, 颠簸而行

发音

AU /bʌmp/
US /bʌmp/
US /bʌm̥p/
US /bɐm̥p/
其它 /bʊmp/

词形变化

bumps 复数 bumps 三单 bumping 现在分词 bumped 过去式 bumped 过去分词

别名

BUMP

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A light blow or jolting collision.

    可数 不可数

    His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.

  2. 2.

    The sound of such a collision.

    可数 不可数

    He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.

  3. 3.

    A protuberance on a level surface.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

    疙瘩

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymic) the faculty itself

    可数 废旧 不可数

    the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness

    Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.

  6. 6.

    The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

    可数 不可数 体育
  7. 7.

    The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

    可数 不可数

    US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.

  10. 10.

    A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  11. 11.

    A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.

    可数 不可数
  12. 12.

    In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.

    可数 不可数
  13. 13.

    A coarse cotton fabric.

    不可数 可数
  14. 14.

    A training match for a fighting dog.

    可数 不可数
  15. 15.

    The jaw of either of the middle pockets.

    可数 俚语 不可数 体育 游戏
  16. 16.

    Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

    美国 俚语 不可数 可数
  17. 17.

    A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.

    美国 可数 不可数 媒体
  18. 18.

    A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.

    可数 不可数
  19. 19.

    In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.

    可数 不可数 游戏
  20. 20.

    A minor problem or difficulty.

    非正式 可数 不可数
  21. 21.

    A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.

    可数 不可数 商务 采矿
  22. 1.

    The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.

    可数 不可数
v. B1
  1. 1.

    To knock against or run into with a jolt.

    Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.

  2. 2.

    To move up or down by a step; displace.

    I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.

  3. 3.

    To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

  4. 4.

    To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

    化学
  5. 5.

    To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To move the time of (a scheduled event).

    及物
  7. 7.

    To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To increase (a version number).

    及物 计算机 工程 数学
  9. 9.

    To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

    古体 不及物
  10. 10.

    To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

    过时 媒体 印刷
  11. 11.

    To assassinate; to bump off.

    俚语 及物

    You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?

  12. 12.

    To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.

    及物
  13. 13.

    To anger, irritate.

    非正式 过时
  14. 14.

    In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.

    游戏
  15. 15.

    To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.

    俚语
  16. 16.

    To encounter and stop, to catch.

    美国 俚语 政治 军事
  17. 17.

    To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.

    不及物

    The car bumped over the dirt road.

  18. 1.

    Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

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词源

From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

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