| 单词 | bump |
| 释义 | bump (once / 509 pages) 1nv 2v A bump is an area that bulges out, like a pregnant woman's stomach. To bump someone is to knock into them. A pimple is a little bump. A camel’s hump is a larger bump. There are speed bumps sticking up in the road to keep drivers from going too fast. When you bump someone, you hit them with your whole body. If the person in front of you stops walking and you're not paying attention, you might bump right into them. Bumping often happens by accident, unless of course you are doing "the bump" (a 1970's dance). WORD FAMILYbump: bumped, bumper, bumping, bumps, bumpy+/bumper: bumpers/bumpy: bumpier, bumpiest, bumpily, bumpiness USAGE EXAMPLESAfter that, we bumped into each other occasionally on the street, spending a few minutes catching up. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Lacking the roots to hold his layers of skin together, AJ is at risk of his skin sloughing off from a hard bump. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) This year’s games were also played an hour earlier, so the later game didn’t bump up against the stroke of midnight on the East Coast. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n an impact (as from a collision) the bump threw him off the bicycle Syn|Hypo|Hyper blow jar, jolt, jounce, shock a sudden jarring impact concussionany violent blow rap, strike, tapa gentle blow bang, bash, belt, knock, smasha vigorous blow buffeting, poundingrepeated heavy blows sideswipea glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles) slap, smacka blow from a flat object (as an open hand) impact the striking of one body against another 2n something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings Syn|Hypo|Hyper bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling frontal eminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberanceprominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone bellya part that bulges deeply caputa headlike protuberance on an organ or structure mogula bump on a ski slope nub, nubblea small lump or protuberance snaga sharp protuberance wartany small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection any solid convex shape that juts out from something 3n a lump on the body caused by a blow Hyper harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 4v come upon, as if by accident; meet with Syn chance, encounter, find, happen 5v knock against with force or violence My car bumped into the tree Syn|Hyper knock collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike hit against; come into sudden contact with 6v dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward 2bump and grind Hyper dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance 1v remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied Syn|Hypo|Hyper dislodge throw cause to fall off displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure 2v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade give a promotion to or assign to a higher position sideline remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position reducebring to humbler or weaker state or condition assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
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