“humpty”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

humpty

释义

humpty, a. and n.|ˈhʌm(p)tɪ|
[app. f. hump n., or humpt, humped, but the formation is anomalous, and may have arisen out of next word.]
A. adj. Humped, hump-backed. Comb., as humpty-backed adj.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Humpty, hunch-backed.1889H. M. Stanley in Daily News 26 Nov. 5/8 The humpty western flank [of a mountain] dipped down..into lands that we knew not by name as yet.1898Daily News 2 May 6/5 Humpty backed (as they call it in that region).
B. n. A low padded cushion seat, a dumpty.
1924Drapery Sale Catal., Humptys and Cushions.1926Brit. Weekly 18 Mar. 600/2 The ladies of the village are busy making ‘humpties’, soft cushion seats to pull up on the rug before the peat fire.1928Daily Express 23 Jan. 5/2 Home-made Humpty.

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