Bump

[bʌmp]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a lump on the body caused by a blow.

(verb.) knock against with force or violence; 'My car bumped into the tree'.

(verb.) dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; 'bump and grind'.

珍妮整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

(v. i.) To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

(n.) A thump; a heavy blow.

(n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.

(n.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."

(n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.

(v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

(n.) The noise made by the bittern.

整理:梅

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Thump, knock, blow.[2]. Swelling, protuberance.[3]. [Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind.] Faculty, power, endowment, gift.

v. a. Knock, thump, strike, hit.

欧内斯特整理

解釋/意思:

v.i. to make a heavy or loud noise.—v.t. to strike with a dull sound: to strike against: to overtake and impinge upon the stern or side of a boat by the boat following the bumper consequently taking the place of the bumped in rank—also 'to make a bump:' to spread out material in printing so as to fill any desired number of pages.—n. a dull heavy blow: a thump: a lump caused by a blow one of the protuberances on the surface of the skull confidently associated by phrenologists with certain distinct qualities or propensities of the mind hence colloquially for organ: the noise of the bittern.—n. Bump′er a cup or glass filled to the brim for drinking a toast: anything large or generous in measure: a crowded house at a theatre or concert.—adj. as in a 'bumper house.'—v.i. to drink bumpers.—n. Bumpol′ogy phrenology.—adj. Bump′y.

校對:菲利斯