| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈslumpy, a.1 Sc.
[f. slump n.1]
Taking things in the lump; rough, general.
1864R. Reid Old Glasgow 35 Here nothing is said about square yards..; but half-acres, or thereby, are set forth in a fine slumpy manner.
▪ II. slumpy, a.2|ˈslʌmpɪ|
Also slumpey.
[f. dial. slump a marshy or muddy place; cf. LG. schlump in the same sense.]
Marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 366 Such a meadow is said to be slumpy. 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 250 A large extent of rushy ground, either dry and hard, or slumpy and wet. 1883E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones 79 The slumpy drifts had to be cut down beforehand to make the roads passable. |