英:[hʌntʃt]
美:[ hʌntʃt]
英:[hʌntʃt]
美:[ hʌntʃt]
verb
transitive verb
to push or put (someone or something) in a rough, careless, or hasty manner : thrust, shove
I would hunch my chair … closer to my dear and only cronies—Mary Nash
to thrust or bend (someone or something) over into a humped or crooked position sat hunched over the table reading a map kept his … body hunched slightly forward—Tennessee Williams
hunched his shoulders as he headed out into the storm
intransitive verb
to thrust oneself forward
hunched along for a short spell of safe steps—T. B. Costain
to assume a bent or crooked posture
folded his hands on the table and hunched forward—Hugh MacLennan
to draw oneself into a ball : curl up
hunch beneath the covers—Randall Jarrell
huddle, squat the mountains hunched around the valley—Helen Rich
we hunched close to the damp earth—H. D. Skidmore
noun
an act or instance of pushing someone or something in a rough or careless manner : an act or instance of hunching (see hunch entry 1 sense transitive)
give him a good hunch with your foot—Abraham Tucker
a thick piece : lump
barter it for a hunch of cake—Flora Thompson
a rounded mass : hump
his back carried a huge hunch—William Scoresby
a strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result
had a hunch I would find you here
have a hunch that[口语]总感到,总怀疑
Verb and Noun origin unknown
The first known use of hunch was in 1581
hundrednoun
a number equal to 10 times 10 see number
a very large number
hundreds of times
a 100-dollar bill
gave me change for a hundred
hundrednoun
a number equal to 10 times 10 see number
a very large number
hundreds of times
a 100-dollar bill
gave me change for a hundred
hundrednoun
a number equal to 10 times 10 see number
a very large number
hundreds of times
a 100-dollar bill
gave me change for a hundred
hunch1 of 2verb
to push oneself forward by jerks
hunch nearer the fire
to bend one's body into an arch or hump
were hunched over the table
to draw up close together or into an arch
hunched my shoulders
hunch2 of 2noun
hump entry 1 sense 1
a strong feeling about what will happen : intuition
1 People with hunched shoulders and their jacket hoods up are walking their dogs.
2 The blacksmith’s shop, the mill, the church, the stores, so busy and alive in daylight, were hunched, deserted now, dark piles and shapes without a purpose or a meaning.
3 He peered through the crack at his mother’s hunched shoulders.
4 Prosper hunched his shoulders as if a cold draft had gone down his neck.
5 A tall, strangely hunched woman emerged into the November night and hurried indoors.
在这个十一月的晚上,一个奇怪的驼背的高个女人从车里出来,然后迅速闪进屋内。
6 She was hunched over, pulling new ones out of a sack and cracking them open.
7 She hunched over and clicked away at the keyboard.
8 He sat with his shoulders hunched up.
他耸起双肩坐着.
9 She stepped forward to the contestant’s podium, which had a skeleton in a school uniform hunched over it.
10 She was hunched over a piece of paper, her head bent low to the desk, pencil moving.
11 With that, Jackson hunched up his shoulders, took one breath, and, according to Hannah, “All was over. There was no struggle.”
12 On the other side of the room, a hunched old woman leaned against a large staff.
13 His shoulders hunched and his cheeks sagged like they were too tired to cling to the bone beneath.
14 Bryce is hunched over the can opener, spinning it and spinning it and spinning it.
15 But he hunched his shoulders and rubbed his arms and Sefia knew he was cold.
16 Her back was to them, but they could see her shoulders hunched.
17 He had worried for her, that she might become hunched and lame, as people did when their wounds went unhealed.
18 Uhmma sits on the bed, her body hunched forward, her head in her hands.
19 He hunched over his napkin, scrawled a number, and turned it over.
他摆弄了一会儿他的餐巾纸,潦草地在上面画了一个数字,然后反盖在桌上。
20 For the first time the old hunched woman—is she Thresh’s grandmother?—raises her head and the trace of a smile plays on her lips.