| 单词 | lump |
| 释义 | lump (once / 474 pages) 1nv 2n If it's hard to determine its shape and otherwise looks like a big blob of something, it's probably safe to call it a lump. Jabba the Hut looks like a disgusting lump. So does the growing mound on your noggin where you walked into the glass door. And if you've been lumped together with a bad bunch, you might have been grouped with people indiscriminately. But all lumps aren't bad. Little old ladies put lumps of sugar into their tea. And that choked up feeling you get during a sappy movie? That's just a lump in your throat. WORD FAMILYlump: lumped, lumper, lumping, lumpish, lumps, lumpy+/lumper: lumpers/lumpish: lumpishly/lumpy: lumpier, lumpiest, lumpily USAGE EXAMPLESI am in a shower when I find a lump in my left breast, and I am stunned. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Global commodities producers are hoping that China will order big lumps of iron, coal and copper in the new year to send prices higher. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Cue tingles down spines, lumps in throats and tears in eyes all round. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a compact mass Syn|Hypo|Hyper ball, chunk, clod, clump, glob clot, coagulum a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid goba lump of slimy stuff clewa ball of yarn or cord or thread thrombusa blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin embolusan abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood agglomeration a jumbled collection or mass 2n an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement Syn|Hypo|Hyper puffiness, swelling spermatocele a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa bloatswelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas buniona painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe dropsy, edema, hydrops, oedemaswelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoeleswelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) intumescence, intumescencyswelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) iridoncusswelling of the iris of the eye lymphogranulomaswelling of a lymph node oscheocele, oscheocoeleswelling of the scrotum tumidity, tumidnessslight swelling of an organ or part Quincke's edema, angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edemarecurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs lymphedemaswelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas scleredemaa skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face cystoid macular edemaa specific pattern of swelling in the central retina anasarcageneralized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue chemosisedema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining papilledemaswelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure brain edema, cerebral edemaswelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter tumescencetumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues haematoma, hematomaa localized swelling filled with blood symptom (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease enlargementthe state of being enlarged 3n a large piece of something without definite shape a lump of coal Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunk nodule (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment) nuggeta solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth geode(mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals part, piece a portion of a natural object 4v put together indiscriminately lump together all the applicants Syn|Hyper chunk accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up get or gather together 5v group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side 2Syn|Hyper chunk, collocate group arrange into a group or groups n an awkward stupid person Syn|Hyper clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum clumsy person a person with poor motor coordination |
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