hump
noun /hʌmp/
/hʌmp/
Idioms - a large mass that sticks out above the surface of something, especially the ground
（平面上的）大隆起物；（尤指）土墩，丘，冈 - the dark hump of the mountain in the distance
远处高大的黑魆魆的山 - (British English) a road/speed/traffic hump (= a hump on a road that forces traffic to drive more slowly)
公路上的限速路墩
- the dark hump of the mountain in the distance
- a large curved part on the back of some animals, especially camels
（某些动物的）峰；（尤指）驼峰 - a round part that sticks out on the back of a person, caused by an unusual curve in the spine (= the row of bones in the middle of the back)
（人的）驼背
词源early 18th cent.: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’.
Idioms
be over the hump
- to have done the most difficult part of something
完成最困难的部分；渡过最困难阶段
bust a gut (doing something/to do something)
(North American English also bust your butt/chops/hump, North American English, taboo, slang bust your ass)
- (informal) to make a great effort to do something
完成最困难的部分；渡过最困难阶段 - It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
没有人会竭尽全力去解决这个问题。 - I busted my chops to get into law school.
我拼尽全力想进法学院。 - These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.
这些人在赛场上拼尽全力，试图在体育方面出类拔萃。
- It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
bust your hump/butt/chops (doing something/to do something) (North American English, informal)
(also bust a gut British and North American English, informal, bust your ass North American English, taboo, slang)
- (informal) to make a great effort to do something
完成最困难的部分；渡过最困难阶段 - I busted my hump to get into law school.
我竭尽全力考上了法学院。 - These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.
这些人在赛场上拼尽全力，试图在体育方面出类拔萃。 - It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
没有人会竭尽全力去解决这个问题。
- I busted my hump to get into law school.
get/take the hump | give somebody the hump
- (British English, informal) to become annoyed or upset about something; to make somebody annoyed or upset about something
对某事恼怒（或烦恼） - Fans get the hump when the team loses.
球队失利时，球迷们感到沮丧。 - Politicians give me the hump.
政客们让我恼火。
- Fans get the hump when the team loses.