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bump /ˈbʌmp/
撞擊,腫塊(vt.)碰撞(vi.)撞,顛簸而行
bump
塊形
Bump v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
Bump, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. “Bumping and jumping.”
Bump n.
1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. --Shak.
3. Phren. One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of “veneration;” the bump of “acquisitiveness.” [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
Bump, v. i. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed. --Dryden.
Bump, n. The noise made by the bittern.
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bump
n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow
2: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion,
excrescence]
3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" [syn: blow]
v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into
the tree" [syn: knock]
2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
in the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen, chance,
encounter]
3: dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward;
"bump and grind"
4: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
Sargeant" [syn: demote, relegate, break, kick
downstairs] [ant: promote]
5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously
occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into
her office space" [syn: dislodge, displace]