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单词 lumpy
释义 lumpy
\ˈləmpē, -pi\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: lump (I) + -y
1.
 a. : filled with lumps
  < unfortunately the gravy was lumpy >
 b.
  (1) : covered with lumps : characterized by a rough surface
   < severe acne which had left his skin lumpy — Norman Mailer >
   < over the somewhat lumpy plain abundantly dotted with pine and juniper — Gladys A. Reichard >
  (2) : characterized by choppy waves
   < fishing and sailing on the lumpy waters — F.J.Mather >
2. : having a thickset clumsy appearance
 < the lumpy man with bowed head — J.T.Soby >
3. : characterized by a thick cut — used especially of a gem
4.
 a. : lumpish 5a
  < his solos tended to come out in an unaccustomed series of lumpy almost blatant phrases — Whitney Balliett >
 b. : uneven and often crude in style
  < peppered with short lumpy tracts on rural education — New Yorker >
  < a lumpy drawing of two hands — A.J.Liebling >
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