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Variant Hunch Hunk Origin Push 12657.Hunch 英 Hʌn(t)ʃ]美

正面 12657.hunch
英 [hʌn(t)ʃ]美 [hʌntʃ]

背面
释义:
n. 预感;大块;肉峰vt. 耸肩;预感到;弯腰驼背vi. 隆起;向前移动
例句:
1. I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.我有这么一种感觉,他并不真正想去.

1. Assibilated variant of hunk, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant form of hump.2. hunk, hump => hunch.3. hunk => hunch.
hunch 弓身,耸肩,驼背,预感,直觉词源不详,可能来自hump变体。比较bump,bunch.直觉义据说是来自过去迷信,在赌博前摸一摸驼子的驼背可以带来好运。
hunchoriginally (c. 1500) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1670s. Perhaps a variant of bunch. The noun is attested from 1620s, originally "a push, thrust." Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904)."

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