humpback

FREQ #35055

n. 驼背(者), 细鳞大马哈鱼 [医] 脊柱后突, 驼背

发音

其它 /ˈhʌmpbæk/

词形变化

humpbacks 复数 humpbacks humpbacked humpbacking humpbacks 三单 humpbacking 现在分词 humpbacked 过去式 humpbacked 过去分词

别名

hump-back

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).

    驼背

  2. 2.

    A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).

    A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).

    A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.

    比喻

    1858, Royal B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls, San Francisco: [for the author], Chapter 4, p. 134, On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdureless, and desolate […]

  4. 4.

    A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.

    驼背

    驼子

    贬义 冒犯
  5. 5.

    A humpback whale.

  6. 6.

    A humpback salmon.

v.
  1. 1.

    To hunt humpback whales.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From hump + back.

来源:wiktionary