hunch
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A hump; a protuberance.
- 2.
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
The old man walked with a hunch.
- 3.
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.
Đồng nghĩa: inkling
- 4.
A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
a hunch of bread
- 5.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.
Đồng nghĩa: slouch, stoop, lean
- 2.
(transitive)To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
They stood outside the door hunching themselves against the rain and puffing on their cigarettes.
He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground.
1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, New York: Scribner, Chapter 17, He would hunch his twisted body close and put out his gentle and crooked hand and touch the fawn.
- 3.
(intransitive)To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
1983, Jack Vance, Suldrun’s Garden, Spatterlight Press, 2012, Chapter 18, […] wheezing and grunting he hunched across the room.
Đồng nghĩa: slouch
- 4.
(transitive)To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
- 5.
(transitive)To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
Đồng nghĩa: elbow, nudge
- 6.
(colloquial, intransitive)To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
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Assibilated variant of hunk, of uncertain origin.