喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture two things knocking together — a sudden, slightly collision, usually by accident, often with a dull 'thud'.

可以想成兩個東西「咚」地一聲撞在一起：一下突然、有點笨拙、多半不是故意的碰撞。bump 的所有意思都圍著這一撞打轉—…更多收起可以想成兩個東西「咚」地一聲撞在一起：一下突然、有點笨拙、多半不是故意的碰撞。bump 的所有意思都圍著這一撞打轉——有的是撞這個動作，有的是撞出來的腫塊或凹凸，有的是撞的那聲悶響，連「把人從名單上挪走」也像被推撞了一下。

原始詞典資料45 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Bumpname

  • 1

    A surname.

bumpnoun詞源 1/bʌmp/

  • 1

    A light blow or jolting collision.

    • His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.
  • 2

    The sound of such a collision.

    • He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.
  • 3

    A protuberance on a level surface.

  • 4

    A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

    • It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.
  • 5

    obsoleteOne of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.

    • the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
    • Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
  • 6

    obsoletedatedOne of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.

  • 7

    hobbieslifestylerowingThe point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

  • 8

    The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

另外 15 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

  • 10

    A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

    • US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
  • 11

    slangA dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.

    • “They're getting their drugs mixed up,” she said. “If someone did a line of coke, it would be a very different size than if someone did a bump of ketamine, right? So if they're thinking it's cocaine and they do a line, they could go into a k-hole and be completely unable to move for hours. Maybe not hours, but for a while.”
  • 12

    A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.

    • We sing […] "God Save the Queen" done in mime and finally "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley" to a Hawaiian rock with Phoebe doing the bump.
  • 13

    In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.

  • 14

    A coarse cotton fabric.

  • 15

    A training match for a fighting dog.

  • 16

    slangball-gamesgameshobbiesThe jaw of either of the middle pockets.

  • 17

    slangMusic, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

    • Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
  • 18

    broadcastingmediaA short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.

  • 19

    A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.

    • For example, chain bumping, in which a bump by one employee initiates a series of consecutive bumps down a progression line before a layoff results, produces the greatest average number of reassignments per redundant employee.
  • 20

    card-gamesgamesIn the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.

  • 21

    A minor problem or difficulty.

    • "I'll try my best, but we still have a few bumps to work out," Ryder muttered.
  • 22

    businessminingA sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.

  • 23

    espionagegovernmentlaw-enforcementAn undercover contact or staged encounter used to elicit information, prompt a reaction, or arrange a follow-up meeting with a suspect or person of interest.

bumpverb詞源 1/bʌmp/

  • 1

    To knock against or run into with a jolt.

    • Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.
  • 2

    To move up or down by a step; displace.

    • I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
  • 3

    To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

    • As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.
  • 4

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

    • Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.
  • 5

    To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

    • Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]
  • 6

    To move the time of (a scheduled event).

    • A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
  • 7

    To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.

  • 8

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo increase (a version number).

另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    archaicTo make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

    • as a bittern bumps within a reed
  • 10

    datedmediaprintingpublishingTo spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

  • 11

    slangTo assassinate; to bump off.

    • You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?
  • 12

    To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.

    • Employees with 2 years or more, and less than 8 years plant seniority, may bump a probationary employee.
  • 13

    datedTo anger, irritate.

    • After his ancestors had been browbeaten by the Puritans, and his ancestors had been driven out by the early pioneers [...], if he learned that a magnificent bronze statue is to be erected to his ancestors; wouldn't it bump an Indian?
  • 14

    card-gamesgamesIn the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.

  • 15

    slangTo play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.

  • 16

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsTo encounter and stop, to catch.

  • 17

    To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.

    • The car bumped over the dirt road.

bumpintj詞源 1/bʌmp/

  • 1

    Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

bumpnoun詞源 2/bʌmp/

  • 1

    The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.

bumpverb詞源 2/bʌmp/

  • 1

    Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。