hump: [18] Hump seems to have originated among the Low German dialects of North Germany and the Low Countries – Dutch, for instance, has the probably related homp ‘lump’. It first appeared in English towards the end of the 17th century in the compound hump-backed, but by the first decade of the 18th century it was being used on its own. (Another theory is that it arose from a blend of the now obsolete crumpbacked with hunchbacked [16], whose hunch- is of unknown origin.)
hump (n.)
1680s (in hump-backed), from Dutch homp "lump," from Middle Low German hump "bump," from Proto-Germanic *hump-, from PIE *kemb- "to bend, turn, change, exchange." Replaced, or perhaps influenced by, crump, from Old English crump. A meaning attested from 1901 is "mound in a railway yard over which cars must be pushed," which may be behind the figurative sense of "critical point of an undertaking" (1914). Humpback whale is from 1725.
hump (v.)
"to do the sex act with," attested from 1785, but the source of this indicates it is an older word. Meaning "to raise into a hump" is from 1840. Related: Humped; humping.
双语例句
1. Fans just get the hump when they lose.
如果他们输了，球迷便会很恼火。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the dark hump of the mountain in the distance
远处高大的黑魆魆的山
来自《权威词典》
3. She gets the hump when people don't listen to her.
别人不听她的话时,她总是很生气.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He made her hump.
他使她奋发.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road.