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单词 hunch
释义 hunch
I. \ˈhənch\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
intransitive verb
1. : to push, thrust, or move oneself forward
 < hunched along for a short spell of safe steps — T.B.Costain >
 < heavy shoulders … hunched through the open door — S.H.Adams >
2.
 a. : to assume a bent or crooked posture especially in sitting : bend one's body into an arch or hump
  < a technical sergeant hunches in a tiny cubicle — Fortune >
  < gripped the wheel, hunching over it — Gregor Felsen >
  < folded his hands on the table and hunched forward — Hugh MacLennan >
 b. : to draw or compress oneself into a ball : curl up
  < hunched on the rug — Margery Allingham >
  < hunch beneath the covers, in my curled red ball of darkness — Randall Jarrell >
 c. : huddle, squat
  < we hunched close to the damp earth — H.D.Skidmore >
  < the home hunches on a one-acre point of land — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
  < the mountains hunched around the valley — Helen Rich >
 d. : to rise so as to form a hump or arch : rear
  < the sea hunched up and hurled itself on the … land — H.E.Rieseberg >
  < his shoulder hunched convulsively — Bernard DeVoto >
3. : fudge 2a
transitive verb
1. : push, jostle, shove
 < I would hunch my chair … closer to my dear and only cronies — Mary Nash >
 < tugboats … hunched their ocean-going charges to the quayside — Newman Bumstead >
2. : to thrust or bend so as to form a hump or arch : crook, arch
 < the crow hunched its shoulders, like an old woman seeking comfort in her moldy coat — Edita Morris >
 < kept his … body hunched slightly forward — Tennessee Williams >
 < if you hunch yourself up … it is probably due to self-consciousness or fatigue — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
: huddle
 < hunched ourselves into a little group in the corner >
II. noun
(-es)
1. : the act or an instance of hunching : push
 < give him a good hunch with your foot — Abraham Tucker >
2. [probably back-formation from hunchbacked]
 a. : a rounded protuberance : hump
  < his back carried a huge hunch — William Scoresby †1857 >
 b. : a thick piece : lump
  < barter it for a hunch of cake — Flora Thompson >
3. : a strong intuitive feeling
 < expressed her hunch that the photograph had slid off the desk — Saturday Review >
especially : a strong intuitive feeling as to how something (as a course of action) will turn out
 < on a hunch, resolved to establish a rail and shipping terminus here — American Guide Series: Texas >
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