释义 |
bumpety, bumpity, adv.|ˈbʌmpɪtɪ| A childish form of bump v.1 9; bumpety-bump, with repeated bumps. Also attrib. and as v. intr.
1874Hardy Far from Madding Crowd lvii, Souls alive, what news! It makes my heart go quite bumpity-bump! 1894B. Pain Kindn. Celestial 190 You could almost fancy that you heard the man going bumpety-bump down the stairs. 1902W. de la Mare Songs of Childh. 10 A bumpity ride in a wagon of hay. 1958Spectator 14 Feb. 194/3 His plane bumpety-bumps to a standstill. 1967K. Giles Death in Diamonds vi. 99 My heart went bumpity because it seemed she looked right at me. |