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    Hunchback is an old noun for a person whose back is high and rounded because the spine curves in an unusual way.

    Hunchback駝背(這個字) is an old noun是個舊式名詞, for用來指 a person一個人 whose back is high and rounded他的背是隆起、圓拱的 because因為 the spine curves in an unusual way脊椎用不尋常的方式彎曲。

    Dictionaries still list it, but it is offensive as a name for a person. Use it only when you need to understand an old story title; do not use it about a real person.

    Dictionaries字典 still list it還是收錄這個字, but但是 it它 is offensive as a name for a person拿來稱呼一個人是帶有冒犯性的。 Use使用 it只用在 only when you need to understand an old story title你需要理解一個舊故事書名的時候; do not不要 use it about a real person拿它來說一個真實存在的人。

    If you need to mention the body, talk about a hunched back or a curved spine — the back, not the whole person as the condition. The noun was cut from the older adjective hunchbacked (the adjective came first).

    If如果 you你 need to mention the body需要提到身體, talk about a hunched back or a curved spine就說a hunched back或a curved spine(駝背、脊椎彎曲) — the back是指背部, not the whole person as the condition而不是把整個人等同於這個狀況。 The noun這個名詞 was cut from是從 the older adjective hunchbacked更早的形容詞hunchbacked縮減而來 (the adjective came first形容詞先出現)。

    Though actually, even calling a person hunchbacked can hurt; kindness is to name the person first, and the back only if it matters.

    Though actually不過其實, even calling a person hunchbacked即使叫一個人hunchbacked can hurt也可能傷人; kindness善意的做法 is to name the person first是先稱呼這個人, and而 the back背部這件事 only if it matters只有在真的需要時才提。

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組成A back-formation from hunchbacked: people took the adjective and cut it down to a noun. Hunch is the raised, bent shape; back is the body part.

同家族的字

  • hunchbackedthe older adjective; this noun was cut from it
  • hunchthe raised, bent shape of the back

原始詞典資料3 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。

hunchbacknoun/ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/

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    One who is stooped or hunched over.

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    A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.

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    derogatoryA person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

    • The Legend of Knock-Grafton tells how a little hunchback, while sitting to rest at nightfall at the side of a Rath or Moat, heard the fairies within singing over and over again, Da Luan, Da Mart! (i.e., Monday, Tuesday!) and added, weary with the monotony, Agus da Cadin! (i.e., and Wednesday!).

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