humpback

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
    — […] the Stone in my Fathers Body was so immense, that I’ve wonder’d it did not bunch up behind, and make him have a Hump-back, or at least overpoise him in walking, and drag him backward with its incredible weight.
  2. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).; A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal. broadly
    — […] the cows stood about with gloomy eyes and hump-backs, surly and dangerous […]
  3. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).; A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill. figuratively
    — 1858, Royal B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls, San Francisco: [for the author], Chapter 4, p. 134, On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdureless, and desolate […]
  4. A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis. derogatory,offensive
    — […] Tom’s more specific and kindly impressions gradually melted into the old background of suspicion and dislike toward him as a queer fellow, a humpback, and the son of a rogue.
  5. A humpback whale.
  6. A humpback salmon.
动词 v.
  1. To hunt humpback whales.
    — The captain of the James Rodgers […] was an old hand at humpbacking […]

词形变化

humpbacks plural hump-back alternative humpbacks present,singular,third-person humpbacking participle,present humpbacked participle,past humpbacked past hump-back alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
humpback anglerfish humpback bridge humpback dolphin humpback salmon humpback whale
相关词
humpbacked kyphosis

词源

词源 1
From hump + back.
词源 2
From hump + back.
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