Word · Frequency #14914
hump
驼峰；（动物的）隆肉
A rounded fleshy mass on the back of an animal such as a camel
- 1.
A mound of earth.
土堆。
- 2.
A speed bump or speed hump.
减速带。
- 3.
A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
由上脊柱异常弯曲引起的人体畸形。
- 4.
A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
如骆驼或瘤牛背上的圆形肉块。
- 5.
A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
在气垫船前形成的波浪,低速时阻碍前进。
减速带；减速丘；土丘；小丘；驼背；气垫船首波；土堆。
In use
The camel's hump stores fat that can be used as energy when food is scarce.
He has a noticeable hump on his upper back due to poor posture.
The road has a hump that forces drivers to slow down.
Connections
Collocations
- speed hump
- 减速带；减速丘
- A speed hump forces drivers to slow down.减速带迫使司机减速。
- camel's hump
- 驼峰
- The camel's hump stores fat, not water.骆驼的驼峰储存的是脂肪，不是水。
- hump of earth
- 土丘；土堆
- They discovered a small hump of earth in the field.他们在田野里发现了一个小土丘。
- hump in the road
- 路面隆起；鼓包
- Watch out for that hump in the road.当心路面那个鼓包。
- hump bridge
- 拱桥；驼背桥
- The narrow hump bridge over the river is hard for large vehicles to cross.河上那座狭窄的拱桥让大型车辆很难通过。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：hump 的 h 像骆驼背上凸起的驼峰，发音像“哈姆普”，嘴形先鼓起再合拢，就像一个圆鼓鼓的小丘。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：animal anatomy、road traffic、geography、medical、marine transport hump 作名词有多个义项，通常在日常口语中指骆驼的驼峰，也常见于英国英语中的减速带（speed hump）；医学或技术语境中表示脊柱畸形或气垫船前的浪峰则较正式。日常使用多选动物或道路相关义项。
Grammar Note
通常指骆驼的驼峰或类似的隆起物，可数名词，复数形式为humps。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 hump 押韵，结尾均为 /ʌmp/，拼写中的 -ump 也相同。注意 hump 中的 u 读 /ʌ/，不要读成 /juː/。小心 hunch /hʌntʃ/ 和 huge /hjuːdʒ/ 等形近词，它们发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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